French rite masonic snuff box

 


Description

On the lid you find many of the symbols of the 4 degrees of the French Rite. The main symbol featured is the pelican pecking her breast to feed her young under, stemming from the Rose-Croix degree.


Provenance

UK, private dealer


Literature

  1. 1.For a similar example click:

     http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/masonicmuseum/scottish_rite_snuff_box.htm.

  1. 2.For a similar item: Le grand livre illustré du patrimoine maçonnique,    

    Paris, Le Cherce midi, 2011, p. 264. (Although the authors date it wrongly in 1825)

  1. 3.For some more information on the snuff box and the Maison Orcel:

     http://mvmm.org/c/docs/orcel.html

  1. 4.For an exemple in the museum of the Grande Loge National Française:

    http://www.glnf-musee.fr/matrice.asp?ARB_N_ID=29&COL_N_ID=810

Name

French Rite Masonic Snuff Box


Origin/date 

France, c. 1867. (This model was presented in 1867 in the catalogue of the Maison Orcel in Lyon, France.)


Material and  dimensions

Pressed horn, 5 cm x 9,5 cm x 2,5 cm.