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Masonic Items
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Due to popular demand herein we present a section on Masonic articles. A while back we offered and sold a magnificent Masonic dagger in the SA section of our site. Please go to Item SA 9-6. These items are generally of significant artistic beauty and ofttimes quite rare. We won’t go into the history of the order because we assume the potential buyer will have already availed himself of this information. We only state that collectables in this field are very much sought after and highly desirable in Europe, the United States, and various points of the globe where Freemasonry has made its indelible mark on history. We now present our Masonic category to the collecting field.
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Fantastic Adelsbrief, or Masonic Presentation Cassette (Item MASONIC 1-1)
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| DESCRIPTION: This is possibly the most stunning relic of the craft that we have ever seen. It is a huge 14 x 18-inch folder crafted and tooled in leather by hand. It was presented to a past master of a prestigious Masonic lodge in Berlin on the 7th of June 1912. It was given in the name of the order to “Master of the Chair” Brother Julius Namslau by the Mittglieder (members of the lodge) all of whom signed in hand the roster. On the last three pages of the folder there are 249 signatures. The most amazing thing about it is the fantastic calligraphy and drawings almost beyond belief for stark majesty of artwork. It is probably worthy of any fine collection of calligraphic treasures in an appropriate museum. The cover has the initials ‘JN’ in what could be gold surrounded by a white panel of parchment that fits into the center of a blue-green leather field that is hand etched with Biedermeier decorations. In the four corners in brass are the dates 1872-1912, which is probably the dates of opening the lodge and the date of the presentation of the folder to Brother and past master Namslau. In the bottom left and right brass panels are the tolls of the craft. The whole thing is quite heavy and the condition is great with just a few scuffs at the outer edge of the spine. They do not detract at all from this thing of beauty. This is truly rare and very reasonably priced for such a historically important treasure of the bookbinder’s and calligraphist’s great accomplishment.
PRICE: $235.00
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