Sheffield Freemasonry
Jewels
Past Master‘s jewel for Northern Lodge of China, No. 570 presented to W. Bro. Henry James Clark, 1908-10, 1912.
Top bar: Gold furling banner with engraved text reading ‘1908 / 1910’.
Ribbon: Ribbed silk in light blue.
Ribbon device: Pythagorean star (five pointed) in gold.
Bottom bar: Gold furling banner with engraved text reading ‘AUDI / VIDE / TACE’.
Hanging device: Gold set square with engraved foliage and floral design on the left and measuring rule design on the right, and the 47th proposition of Euclid attached below. The designs are framed within a garter, complete with buckle, in gold and with engraved text reading ‘NORTHERN LODGE OF CHINA No. 570’. There is a presentation inscription on the reverse.
Reverse of hanging device TEXT: ‘PRESENTED / TO Wor. Bro. H. J. Clark OCTOBER 11th 1912’.
Northern Lodge of China, No. 570 [erased],Shanghai–Jewels
Early lodges in England and Wales may have had several different numbers, due to a renumbering process that took place many times. The final renumbering took place in 1863. We record the Lodge with the number it has now, or last had. For lodges founded before the final renumbering of 1863, the Library and Museum also ascribed a serial number. This is a unique number attributed in accordance with the date the lodge was founded. The serial number of this Lodge is 2060.
R. W. Bro. H. J. Clark served as District Grand Master for Northern China, which no longer exists as a District.
‘Audi Vidi Tace’, the motto of the United Grand Lodge of England, translates as ‘Hear, See and Be Silent’.
( Taken from www.freemasonry.london.museum )
