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Ophthalmos Lodge No 4633; Bladon, H.
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London
1924
metal; gold; silver; enamel; silk
medal: 50 mm x 29 mm; ribbon and bar clasp: 53 mm x 39 mm
Founding Secretary's medal (jewel) for a Masonic lodge. Gold plated silver top bar infilled with white enamel and bearing the text ‘FOUNDER’. Surmounting the bar is a pierced gold plated silver foliage motif. Ribbed silk ribbon in light blue, bearing a ribbon device in the form of a gold coloured metal Secretary’s device, being a pair of quills tied by a ribbon. Hanging device comprising a gold plated silver disc painted with a coloured enamel depiction of a Volume of the Sacred Law that has a set square and compass resting on it and which is on a chequered pavement. At the top is an All-seeing eye with rays, which is flanked by a sun on the left and a moon with seven stars on the right. At the bottom of the pavement is a banner bearing the text ‘LET THERE BE LIGHT’. The disc is flanked by two gold plated silver Corinthian columns that are supporting an entablature infilled with dark blue enamel and bearing the text ‘OPHTHALMOS’. Surmounting this is a pierced gold plated silver Pythagorean star (five pointed). At the bottom of the disc is a gold plated silver bar infilled with dark blue enamel and bearing the text ‘LODGE’. Suspended below is a gold plated silver draped banner infilled with white enamel and bearing the text ‘No. 4633’. Maker's mark and date letter (for 1923) on the reverse. Horizontal pin.
1999.2581
Gift of Mr P. N. Courlander FBOA, 1971