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France - 1805

Loge des Arts et l`Amitié, à Louviers

Obverse:

A pillar, its top surrounded by a garland; on its front a script cypher of AA; at the right an easel on which is a canvass, and on the left, a globe. The compasses lean against the pillar on the left, and below are a square, protractor, rule, and pallet with brushes. Against the right side is restin

Legend:

LOGE DES ARTS ET L'AMITIE.

Exergue:

OR .^.. DE LOUVIERS 5805 in two lines.

Size:

28 mm.

Reverse:

The genius of Masonry crowned with roses, her left arm and bosom bare, feeding the fire which burns upon an altar garlanded with roses, and having on its front the square and compasses. At the left of the altar is an acacia bush, and behind the figure are three bushes of acacia springing from clefts in an adjacent rock; at the top is the Delta, with rays. borders beaded, and edge milled.

Vern's Comments:

(Engraved in Tresor Numis. Napoleon, plate 12. figure 7.)

The description above comes from a rare book on Freemason's medals. The author listed the medals size in sixteenths of an inch. So the above was actually 1 1/8". Marvin XXIX.

Edwards:

Edwards - 171

Plate XII. No. 7

31st December, 1805.

Jetton.

Lodge of Arts and Friendship. Or .^.. de Louviers.

R. A woman standing.

LOGE DES ARTS ET L' AMITIE. (Lodge of arts and friendship.) An altar, on the front of which are the initials A A (Arts-Amitié). Around the altar, a globe, a pair of compasses, a square, a palette, a bass, a bust, and an easel. Exergue: OR .^.. (orient) DE LOUVIERS . 5805. (1805.)

R. A woman standing, with a crown of flowers upon her head, near a lighted altar, the face of which is ornamented with a garland, a pair of compasses, and a square. Above, a radiating triangle. [28"]

Inedited. Paris Medal Mint.

Bramsen:

Bramsen - 508
Loge des Arts et l'Amitié, à Louviers.

LOGE DES ARTS ET L'AMITIE. Un autel sur le devant duquel sont ces initiales entrelacées: A A. Autour de l'autel, un globe, un compas, une équerre, une palette, une basse, un buste et un chevalet.

Rev: Une femme debout, près d'un autel enflammé orné d'une guirlande, d'un compas et d'une équerre.

Exergue: OR .^.. DE LOUVIERS. 5805.

En haut, un triangle rayonnant.

Jeton, 28 mm. - T. N. 12, 7.

Marvin:

XXIX.
Obverse, A pillar, its top surrounded by a garland ; on its front a script cypher of AA; at the right an easel on which is a canvass, and on the left, a globe. The compasses lean against the pillar on the left, and below are a square, protractor, rule, and pallet with brushes. Against the right side is resting a guitar, with a bust at its base. Legend, LOGE DES ARTS ET L'AMITIE.
In exergue, OR.^.. DE LOUVIERS 5805 in two lines.
Reverse, The genius of Masonry crowned with roses, her left arm and bosom bare, feeding the fire which burns upon an altar garlanded with roses, and having on its front the square and compasses. At the left of the altar is an acacia bush, and behind the figure are three bushes of acacia springing from clefts in an adjacent rock, at the top is the Delta, with rays. Borders beaded, and edge milled. Silver.
Size 18. (Engraved in Tresor Numis. Napoleon, plate 12, figure 7.)

Loge des Arts et l`Amitié, à Louviers