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A Victorian Masonic Thomas Harper style silver-gilt Royal Arch Chapter jewel, London, 1849,...
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A Victorian Masonic Thomas Harper style silver-gilt Royal Arch Chapter jewel, London, 1849, pierced with Masonic emblems, the name C. LYNE inscribed to upper bar of the central star, with maroon ribbon with gilt-brass bars, 5.8cm high, 3.5cm wide
Lot Footnotes
Note: This collection of Masonic jewels originally belonged to Colonel Charles Lyne, a prominent Freemason who was Provincial Grand Master of the Province of Monmouthshire from December 1870 until November 1901, President of the Festival for the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys, 1898, and appointed Senior Grand Deacon in 1901. He was also a founder of the Charles Lyne Lodge 2964 in 1903.
After being displayed in the Masonic Hall, Dock Street, Newport, Monmouthshire they were past down to his grandson Major General Lewis Owen Lyne, C.B. D.S.O, then past down to his godson and then by descent.
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