Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic Charles Sackville Medal
ca. 1733
Johann Lorenz Natter (1705-1763)
Italy: Florence
Copper
1-3/4"dia. x 1/8"d
Loaned by the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts
GL2004.2949

Masonic medal; copper disc showing worn relief bust profile of man with worn text "Carolvs Sackville Magister." Under the bust is "L. Natter 1733 FL." On reverse is worn naked standing figure; worn text reads "Ab. Origine / L. Natter F Florent." The figure is Harpocrates, the god of silence, who leans on a broken column and wears a crown of lotus. In his left hand is a cornucopia. At his feet on the right are a cubic stone and square and compasses; at left is a mystic chest with serpent and thyrsus and other Masonic symbols.

For further information, see Newell, Aimee, et.al., "Curiosities of the Craft: Treasures from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Collection", 2013, p. 26-27.