THE NEWCASTLE ATHOLL LODGE MASONIC SEAL
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY STEEL AND WOODEN SEAL
Estimate: £600 - £800
Scottish Works of Art & Whisky
Auction: Lots 413 - 580 | 21 August 2024 at 10am
Description
the baluster wooden handle, to a steel circular matrix engraved ‘SEAL OF THE ATHOLL LODGE No 131 NEWCASTLE’ to the border, with Masonic iconography to the centre, the reverse engraved ‘Presented to the Atholl Lodge by Br Thom Wilson 15. April 1811’
Dimensions
4.3cm diameter of seal, 9cm long (overall)
Provenance
The Matrix Collection
Footnote
In 1772, the Duke of Atholl was installed Grand Master of the "most ancient and honourable fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons," in presence of the Masters of the Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland.
Literature: Morris, David. The Matrix Collection- A Collection of British Seals 2012. pg 80-81