Roxana Scripcaru
Head of the Romanian Postmodern & Contemporary Art Evaluation Office
91C. Lodge Plaque, "Romania Lodge, Grand Orient of Italy", engraver Awes Munze, Berlin, 1921, very rare piece
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91C. Lodge Plaque, "Romania Lodge, Grand Orient of Italy", engraver Awes Munze, Berlin, 1921, very rare piece
Starting price:
EUR 200
Sold
EUR 3.250
gilded silver, 6 x 4 cm
The plaque has the shape of the entrance to the Temple. In the foreground, two young women (Romania and Italy) are standing over the Capitoline Wolf. In the middle is a candelabrum with a lit candle, flanked by a trowel and a hammer. The two characters are looking towards the altar in the second plan, flanked by the two columns J and B. Between the columns is an altar with a Sphinx, Moses is next to it. Above the column J, a shield with the coat of arms of Italy, above the column B, a shield with the coat of arms of Romania. On the front of the Temple, between the shields, is a semicircular legend: L.:ROMANIA/C:O.:I:.. Under the she-wolf, at the bottom, is the engraver's mark AWES MUNZE BERLIN.
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Head of the Romanian Postmodern & Contemporary Art Evaluation Office
