Victorian Masonic "Eye of Providence" Pendant chrysoprase Birmingham 1898

Birmingham 1898

Offered on a fine 9k gold chain

above the Latin motto: "De Vivis Nil Nisi Verum" The full motto is actually De Vivis Nil Nisi Verum De Mortius Nil Nisi Bonum

with DM maker's mark

Different gemstones would represent different attributes

Victorian Masonic "Eye of Providence" Pendant chrysoprase Birmingham 1898DATE: Victorian, c. 1890 An exceptional antique Masonic pendant dating from the late 19th Century. An assortment of stone mason tools are arranged within a gold chain border, with an enamelled Eye of Providence nestled at the bottom. It's beautifully made, with detailing to both the front and back, and modelled in 14 karat gold throughout. Many intellectuals, architects, and artists of the 18th and 19th Centuries were Freemasons, and believed that the