- Title:
- Founder's jewel for Ceres Lodge, No. 3501, 1911.
- Object name(s):
- Jewels; Jewel, Founder
- Brief description:
- Top bar: Gold bar with decorative frame, infilled with dark blue enamel and with text reading 'FOUNDER'. Ribbon: Ribbed and watered silk in light blue, fading to green. Hanging device: Shaped gold panel painted in colour enamel with image of Ceres holding wheatsheaves, pinned to a gold set square and compass and framed by two banners and wheatsheaves, also in gold. The banners are infilled with dark blue enamel and with text reading 'CERES LODGE / No. 3501 / MARCH 1911'. Pin: Vertical.
- Collection:
- Museum of Freemasonry
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Associated concept:
- Jewels--Freemasonry--England--1910-1919--Founders
- Associated concept:
- Ceres Lodge, No. 3501, Liverpool--Jewels
- Associated concept:
- Badges (logos)--Freemasonry--Deities--Ceres (Roman deity)
- Comments:
- Ceres was the Roman goddess of agriculture. Her Greek counterpart was Demeter.
- Content - description:
- Set square and compass, Ceres, Wheatsheaves
- Dimension:
- H: 110 W: 40 D: 4 Dia: n/a Wt: n/a
- Entry date:
- n/k
- Inscription content:
- 'O. LTD.'
- Inscription content:
- 15ct, Birmingham, lowercase l, 1910/11
- Inscription type:
- Hallmark
- Object name:
- Jewels; Jewel, Founder
- Object number:
- M2002/1503
- Object production date:
- 1911
- Object production place:
- England
- Reproduction format:
- Digital image
- Technique:
- Cast metal
- Technique:
- Watered
- Technique:
- Woven
- Technique:
- Enamelled
- Technique:
- Painted
- Technique:
- Pinned
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Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8cd8cfaf-0374-3971-9d75-421b72bbf16a, Museum of Freemasonry, CC BY
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