Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 26 Oct 2016
A Victorian silver Masonic badge
A Victorian silver Masonic badge,
by Henry Holland, London 1859,
oval form, foliate border, with a ring attachment, the centre engraved with an armorial and inscribed 'Presented to Bro. P.F. Palmby, by 73 Bros. of the Land of Plenty Lodge No.25 of the Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds' and 'This Emblem was presented on our 13th Anniversary December 1859, in Acknowledgment of his valuable and Honorary Services as Treasurer, Secretary & Made Honorary Member on the 19th Jan 1849', length 8.5cm, approx. weight 6.5oz.