ANTIQUE 18K YELLOW GOLD PENNSYLVANIA MASONIC LOCKET
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ANTIQUE 18K YELLOW GOLD PENNSYLVANIA MASONIC LOCKET, keystone form having finely engraved decoration, the front featuring the name "GEO. B. NEWTON" above a vignette of a man standing next to a woman bound to a tree, within a border engraved "H. T. W. S. S. T. K. S.", and "MARC[...] 1856" along the bottom edge, the back having a center vignette including pillars and a compass with "No LILLY H.R.A. CHAP. 181" above and "MAUCH CHUNK," below, front opens to a miniature daguerreotype of a woman, presented on a swivel hanging loop. Unmarked, tested as 18K gold fineness. Total weight including non-gold components: 7.8 grams. Mid 19th century. 1 3/8" x 3/4" OA.
Very good overall condition with minor worn spots to decoration, scattered surface scratches, possible repair to hanging loop, daguerreotype with losses.
Provenance: The collection of the late Theodore "Ted" and Alvina Breckel, Oley, PA and Winnetka, IL.
Garth's Auctions, 7/28/1984, lot 670.
Catalogue Note: The No. 181 Lilly Holy Royal Arch Chapter Masonic lodge is located in Jim Thorpe (formerly Mauch Chunk), Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1855.
Very good overall condition with minor worn spots to decoration, scattered surface scratches, possible repair to hanging loop, daguerreotype with losses.
Provenance: The collection of the late Theodore "Ted" and Alvina Breckel, Oley, PA and Winnetka, IL.
Garth's Auctions, 7/28/1984, lot 670.
Catalogue Note: The No. 181 Lilly Holy Royal Arch Chapter Masonic lodge is located in Jim Thorpe (formerly Mauch Chunk), Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1855.
Condition
Very good overall condition with minor worn spots to decoration, scattered surface scratches, possible repair to hanging loop, daguerreotype with losses.
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ANTIQUE 18K YELLOW GOLD PENNSYLVANIA MASONIC LOCKET
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