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Victorian Enamelled Masonic Pendant

$1,500.00

Victorian Enamelled Masonic Pendant

$1,500.00

Description

DATE: Victorian, c.1880

Many intellectuals, architects, and artists of the 18th and 19th Centuries were Freemasons, and believed that the principles of true architecture had been given - by God - to the ancient Jewish people. An unusual (but fascinating) perspective can be found in John Wood's The Origin of Building (1741). Of the pillars of Moses's Tabernacle he writes: "[they] furnish'd the various Sorts of Building necessary for Man; as the Strong, the Mean, and the Delicate; and which, in the Process of Time, were ranked under the Name of Order, with Grecian Names; to wit, Dorick, Jonick, and Corinthian". These principles, including the three classical orders, were passed on the the ancient Greeks, then the Romans, and then spread throughout the lands that the Romans had conquered. Interestingly, Wood goes on to make the argument that the Druids of ancient Britain, through their henges and standing stones, had bypassed the Greeks and Romans and acquired their knowledge of building grand monuments straight from the Jewish source.

This cool masonic pendant dates from the late Victorian period, circa 1880. Featuring a range of symbols and icons, including an enamelled all seeing eye and chequerboard floor, and various pillars/altars, a stone arch, globes, a triangle in a circle, etc etc. Beautifully made with hand engraved details and great use of openwork. Crafted in 9 karat gold throughout.

MEASUREMENTS 

 2.9 x 2.4cm

WEIGHT 

 3.2g

MARKS 

Stamped 9ct

CONDITION 

Very good

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