Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic Past Master's Jewel or Locket Made for Robert Sholl
1820
Maker not marked
England: London (probably)
Gold, enamel, glass
overall: 2-1/4"h x 1-3/4"w x 1/4"d
Museum Purchase
97.025.1

Masonic Past Master's Jewel or Locket; oval, pin back, gold; glass cover protects an engraved gold Masonic square and compasses, with a radiant sun inside and bordered by a gold wreath of leaves, probably laurel; gold "jewel" is set against a blue enamel background with engine-turned decoration (guilloche); reverse of locket engraved "Presented by the/ Lodge of Union/ No. 275/ To Brother/ Robt. Sholl P.M./ As a testimony of their/ fraternal Regard- their/ Personal Attachment/ and the Sense entertained/ by them of his exertions/ for the Brothers of the/ Lodge/ 7th Jany A:L: 5820. A:D: 1820."

To thank London Freemason Robert Scholl (also spelled Sholl, ca. 1781-1832) for his service as Master of his lodge, Lodge of Union No. 275, Scholl’s brethren commissioned this gold and enamel badge. Although the glass-covered locket style of this jewel is unusual, the symbols on it—a square and compasses with a sun—show that it was a Past Master’s jewel. For further information, see blog post, June 26, 2019, https://nationalheritagemuseum.typepad.com/library_and_archives/2019/06/a-past-masters-jewel-from-london.html