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Title:
Plate jewel with masonic symbolism (undated).
Object name(s):
Jewels; Jewel, Plate
Brief description:
Cast silver coloured metal plate jewel. Obverse central to the design is a sun. Below there is a level with a set square in front of it. To the left of the sun is a gavel and a moon and to the right is a trowel and a plumb rule. Surrounding this is a compass and a section of a circle at the bottom. On the outside of the compass to the left is the 47th proposition of Euclid and on the outside to the right is a Pythagorean star. There is a hanging loop at the top. The design is mirrored on the reverse.
Collection:
Museum of Freemasonry
Acquisition method:
Donation
Associated concept:
Jewels--Freemasonry--England--1700-1819
Associated concept:
Silverwork--Jewels--1700-1819
Associated concept:
Symbolism--Freemasonry--Jewels--1700-1819
Content - description:
Level, Set square, Sun, Gavel, Moon, Trowel, Plumb rule, Compass, Section of a circle, 47th proposition of Euclid, Pythagorean star
Dimension:
H: 47 W: 37 D: 2 Dia: n/a Wt: n/a
Entry date:
n/k
Object name:
Jewels; Jewel, Plate
Object number:
M2009/2230
Object production date:
n/k
Object production place:
n/k
Reproduction format:
Digital image
Technique:
Cast metal

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d59da410-fcfc-3423-94c6-00c0f668863c

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d59da410-fcfc-3423-94c6-00c0f668863c, Museum of Freemasonry, CC BY

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