Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic "Scottish Rite for the 21st Century" 2009 EMPixx Award
2008-2009
Maker not marked
Place made not marked
Stoneware, metal, plastic, synthetic fiber, enamel
8"h x 4-1/2""w x 4-1/2"d
Gift of Supreme Council, 33°, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, U.S.A.
2017.038

Masonic "Scottish Rite for the 21st Century" 2009 EMPixx Award. Trophy figurine features shiny, black cylindrical base (likely stoneware with glaze or plastic coating) that is 2-1/2" high; affixed to one side with four gold colored screws (one at each corner) is a gold colored, rectangular metal panel which conforms to shape of base and bears engraved text infilled with black enamel: "2009 EMPixx Award / SCOTTISH RITE / FOR THE 21ST CENTURY / Supreme Council, NMJ, USA". Attached to top center of base is gold-colored metal object shaped like a film reel, 4-3/8" in diameter and 1-1/8" thick; its sides are solid, matte, cast metal and feature a raised pattern of 5 alternating circles and 5 straight lines, with 5 dots around the center where there is a silver screw (whose head is visible on rear side of trophy). A strip of gold colored metal, decorated with black enamel to look like projector film, is inset around its sides and projects several inches off the top at an angle; at its tip, the film pattern turns into a pixel-like pattern. Underside of base covered in black velvet (likely synthetic).