- Title:
- Member's jewel for Chapter of Hope, No. 54, 1850.
- Object name(s):
- Jewels; Jewel, Royal Arch Freemasonry, Member
- Brief description:
- Top bar: Gold coloured metal buckle bar with shaped edge. Ribbon: Ribbed silk in dark red. Ribbon device: Bar in the form of a buckle, in gold coloured metal. Bottom bar: Gold coloured metal buckle bar with shaped edge. Hnaging device: Seal of Solomon (six pointed or two interlocking triangles) in gold coloured metal, framing a Triple Tau symbol. On the Seal is engraved text reading 'DEO/REGI / FRATRIBUS / HONOR / FIDELITAS / BENEVOLENTIA'. The Seal is framed within a circular band of gold coloured metal, with engraved text below reading '1850'. The reverse of the jewel bears further text reading, on the Seal: 'WE HAVE FOUND / EYPHKAMEN / INVENIMUS / CULTOR DEI / CIVIS MUNDI'. On the frame: 'CHAPTER HOPE'. Pin: Horizontal.
- Collection:
- Museum of Freemasonry
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Associated concept:
- Jewels--Royal Arch Freemasonry--England--1850-1859--Members
- Associated concept:
- Hope, Chapter of, No. 54, Rochdale--Jewels
- Comments:
- '[We have found] Eyphkamen invenimus cultor dei, civis mundi' translates as 'We have found the worship of God, O citizen of the world'. Eyphkamen, or Eurekamen, is a Greek word meaning 'We have found it!'.
- Content - description:
- Seal of Solomon, Triple Tau
- Dimension:
- H: 92 W: 31 D: 4 Dia: n/a Wt: n/a
- Entry date:
- n/k
- Object name:
- Jewels; Jewel, Royal Arch Freemasonry, Member
- Object number:
- M2006/465
- Object production date:
- 1850 (circa)
- Object production place:
- England
- Reproduction format:
- Digital image
- Technique:
- Cast metal
- Technique:
- Engraved
- Technique:
- Woven
- Technique:
- Plated
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