- Title:
- Past First Principal's jewel for Rock Chapter, No. 260.
- Object name(s):
- Jewels; Jewel, Royal Arch Freemasonry, Past First Principal
- Brief description:
- Top bar: Sceptre laid horizontally with an Eastern crown on the left end, in gold. Ribbon: Ribbed silk in dark red. Ribbon device: Sceptre laid horizontally with an All-seeing eye on the right end, in gold. Pinned to the sceptre is a gold shield painted in colour enamel with the Rock at Trichinopoly in India. Bottom bar: Sceptre laid horizontally with a Bishop's mitre on the left end, in gold. Hanging device: Eastern crown in gold with red and green gemstone detailing. The crown is on a gold triangle and framed by a circular band of matt gold with text in polished relief reading 'ROCK / CHAPTER / No. 260 E.C.' At the centre of the circle, behind the triangle, is a gold sunburst. Pin: Vertical.
- Collection:
- Museum of Freemasonry
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Associated concept:
- Jewels--Royal Arch Freemasonry--England--1910-1919--Past First Principals
- Associated concept:
- Rock Chapter, No. 260, Tiruchchirāppalli, Madras Province--Jewels
- Associated concept:
- Badges (logos)--Freemasonry--India--The Rock at Trichinopoly
- Associated person:
- Spencer and Co
- Comments:
- The First Principal of a Royal Arch Chapter is known as 'Zerubbabel' and for this reason many Past First Principal's jewels refer to 'PZ' for ‘Past Zerubbabel’ or 'MEZ' for Most Excellent Zerubbabel.
- Content - description:
- Eastern crown, Sunburst, Sceptres of the three principals, The Rock at Trichinopoly
- Dimension:
- H: 88 W: 39 D: 7 Dia: n/a Wt: n/a
- Entry date:
- n/k
- Inscription content:
- 'SPENCER'
- Inscription content:
- 'LONDON'
- Inscription content:
- 'R.S.'
- Inscription content:
- 15ct, Birmingham, lowercase n, 1912/13
- Inscription type:
- Hallmark
- Object name:
- Jewels; Jewel, Royal Arch Freemasonry, Past First Principal
- Object number:
- M2007/311
- Object production date:
- 1912
- Object production place:
- England
- Reproduction format:
- Digital image
- Technique:
- Cast metal
- Technique:
- Engraved
- Technique:
- Woven
- Technique:
- Pinned
- Technique:
- Enamelled
- Technique:
- Painted
- Technique:
- Gemstone detailing
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Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/fe43dfb1-ea1c-3ec9-a70d-86c9aeb5d58f, Museum of Freemasonry, CC BY
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