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Silver Medal: Loge des Arts et L’Amitié. Louviers. 1805

Date:- 1805 - Classification:- Lodge/Chapter Etc.; Consecration/Dedication

Country of Origin:- France -

Description

The border of this is beaded, and the edge milled; a loop or ring at the top.

Obverse.—A pillar, its top surrrounded by a garland; on its front a script cypher of A. A.; at the right an easel, on which is a canvass, and on the left a globe. The compasses lean against the pillar on the left, and below are a square, protractor, rule, and pallet with brushes. Against the right side is resting a guitar, with a bust at its base. Legend, “Loge Des Arts Et L’Amitie.” In exergue, “Or.’. De Louviers 5805,” in two lines. Reverse.—The genius of Masonry crowned with roses, her left arm andbosom bare, feeding the fire which burns upon an altar garlanded with roses, and having on its front the square and compasses. At the left of the altar is an acacia bush, and behind the figure are three bushes of acacia, springing from clefts in an adjacent rock; at the top is the delta with rays.

Engraved in T.N.N., Plate 12, Fig. 7.

Properties

28 mm. Silver