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CLXXIV. 2. A, B. MODERN IMPRESSIONS, from a matrix in the possession of R. A. Coates, Esq., of the obverse and reverse of the seal of Masonic Lodge No. 174 of the Irish Constitution, Cork encampment, [69th Regt. of Foot?], 18th-19th cent.
Scope & Content:
Freemasonry: Seal of Lodge No. 174 of the Irish Constitution. 18th-19th cent.
MODERN IMPRESSIONS of matrices from various sources, described (except nos. 9 and 11) in the Catalogue of an Heraldic Exhibition at the City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, 1936.
MODERN CASTS from impressions of the obverse and reverse of the joint seal of Christ's Hospital and the hospitals of Bridewell, St Thomas the Apostle, St Bartholomew West Smithfield, and Bethlehem, London; 1561. Presented anonymously.
MODERN IMPRESSIONS from matrices formerly in the possession of Philip Nelson, Esq., M.D., F.S.A. Those marked with an asterisk (*) are described in the Catalogue of an Heraldic Exhibition at the City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, 1936 (cf. CLXXIV. 9-14). The matrices of nos. 7-9, 14 are now in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities.