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Masonic Medal
1760-1800
Hunter, engraver
England
Silver
2"h x 1-7/16"w x 1/16"d
Loaned by the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts
GL2004.3168

Cast silver medal with openwork design and engraved detail. Obverse features Masonic symbols including: all-seeing eye within cloud at top; below, compasses and a quadrant arc framing inner designs of a sun, a square, a star with a delta bearing a "G" at center, an open bible, a moon, and other imagery on and above a checkerboard floor; surrounding this, a rippling banner featuring the text, " VERTUTI ET SILENTIO / IN THE LORD IS ALL OUR TRUST". Contiguous, circular loop at top for hanging. Reverse features mirror-image of design on obverse, with the text, "HUNTER SCULP." on banner at bottom between checkerboard floor and quadrant arc.



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