Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 17 May 2023
Freemasonry: a Victorian silver
Freemasonry: a Victorian silver, gilt, enamelled and paste-set Royal Arch Mariner's Jewel, 133 x 103mm, a star of twenty-four rays set with variously cut simulated diamonds, surmounted by a chased rose gilt oval band within which an enamel portrait of a priest wearing a jewel set breast plate and carrying a censer, initials 'SD', four small loops to the reverse, minor deficiencies to the paste settings, otherwise extremely fine and rare; in its fitted red velvet lined case.
(133mm high and 103mm wide)