- Title:
- Token for Lodge Les Vrais Zélés, Chalon-sur-Saône, France.
- Object name(s):
- Metal; Token, France
- Brief description:
- Silver token with hanging loop. On the obverse central to the design is a relief set square and compass enclosing a five-pointed star and a circular disc bearing text reading 'VERITE'. At the head of the pair of compasses is a relief heraldic rose. Behind on the left is a relief sprig of acacia and on the right is a sword. Encircling the central design is relief text reading 'L ∴ DES VRAIS ZÉLÉS O ∴ DE CHÂLONS S S.'. At the bottom and between the text are four relief five-pointed stars. On the reverse is relief text reading 'CHERCHER / LA SCIENCE, / PRATIQUE / LA VERTU, / VOILA TOUTE LA / MAÇONNERIE.'.
- Collection:
- Museum of Freemasonry
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Associated concept:
- Tokens Freemasonry France
- Comments:
- Lodge Les Vrais Zélés, Chalon-sur-Saône, France was founded in 1808.
- Comments:
- The French text 'VERITE' translates as 'Truth'.
- Comments:
- The French text 'L ∴ DES VRAIS ZÉLÉS O ∴ DE CHÂLONS S S.' translates as 'Lodge Les Vrais Zélés, Orient of Chalon-sur-Saône'.
- Comments:
- The French text 'CHERCHER LA SCIENCE, PRATIQUE LA VERTU, VOILA TOUTE LA MAÇONNERIE.' translates as 'Find science, practice vertue, here is all of freemasonry'.
- Comments:
- The cataloguing of the medal collection at the Library and Museum of Freemasonry was supported by a grant from Arts Council England in 2013.
- Content - description:
- Set square and compass, Five-pointed star, Disc, Heraldic rose, Acacia, Sword
- Dimension:
- H: 33 W: 23 D: 2 Dia: n/a Wt: n/a
- Entry date:
- n/k
- Inscription content:
- Silver, France, 1832-1841
- Inscription type:
- Hallmark
- Object name:
- Metal; Token, France
- Object number:
- M2013/1013
- Object production date:
- n/k
- Object production place:
- France
- Reproduction format:
- Digital image
- Technique:
- Struck metal
- User's reference:
- Labouret, Marc (2007) Les Métaux et la Mémoire: La Franc-Maçonnerie Française racontée par ses jetons et médailles, Paris: Maison Platt Editeur Numismatique
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a25b3453-bfc2-3c27-8ae2-0ee28c96d4df
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a25b3453-bfc2-3c27-8ae2-0ee28c96d4df, Museum of Freemasonry, CC BY
Is there a problem with this record? Give feedback.