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Original Rare Engraved 1893 ANCIENT ORDER OF DRUIDS MEMBER CERTIFICATE Signed x4
Original Rare Engraved 1893 ANCIENT ORDER OF DRUIDS MEMBER CERTIFICATE Signed x4
Original Rare Engraved 1893 ANCIENT ORDER OF DRUIDS MEMBER CERTIFICATE Signed x4
Original Rare Engraved 1893 ANCIENT ORDER OF DRUIDS MEMBER CERTIFICATE Signed x4
Original Rare Engraved 1893 ANCIENT ORDER OF DRUIDS MEMBER CERTIFICATE Signed x4
Original Rare Engraved 1893 ANCIENT ORDER OF DRUIDS MEMBER CERTIFICATE Signed x4
Original Rare Engraved 1893 ANCIENT ORDER OF DRUIDS MEMBER CERTIFICATE Signed x4

Original Rare Engraved 1893 ANCIENT ORDER OF DRUIDS MEMBER CERTIFICATE Signed x4

$ 52.53

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Item Type: Certificate
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Organization: Ancient Order of Druids
  • Condition: (see description)
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Year: 1893
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

    Description

    - 19th
    Century
    Antique
    -
    Ancient Order of Druids
    Member Election Certificate
    For Henry Ferries, East Greenwich (London)
    A late nineteenth century engraving for the Ancient Order of Druids Membership Certificate, dated 1893, illustrated with a Druid playing a harp and Stonehenge in the background. Signed by four members/officers of the order.
    Visible image measures approx. 12-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches (sheet, 15.5 x 12.5 inches); in (period?) wooden frame measures approx 17.5 x 14.5 inches.
    Not examined out of frame but good antique condition with some toning including old hanging wire line.
    Frame has been recently rebacked with original gallery label glued to rear.
    The Ancient Order of Druids (AOD) is a fraternal organisation founded in London, England, in 1781. It is represented in England, Wales, Scotland and the Commonwealth of Nations. Its motto is Justice, Philanthropy and Brotherly Love.
    Though the theory that the ancient Druids built Stonehenge has been disproved, the association persists. The idea became widespread in the 18th century due to the work of British antiquarian William Stukeley, who wrote Stonehenge: A Temple Restor’d to the British Druids (1740), and Dr. John Smith, who issued Choir Gaur: The Grand Orrery of the Ancient Druids, Commonly Called Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain (1771).
    Inspired, perhaps, by these visions of an ancient mystical tradition, one of the first  modern Druid organizations was founded in England in 1781 by Henry Hurle. Called the “Ancient Order of Druids,” it was created as a fraternal organization and established a quasi-Masonic lodge structure that eventually spread to the United States and Australia. The United Ancient Order of Druids’ first lodge in the United States, the George Washington Lodge No. 1, was established in New York City in 1839.
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