Paris Porcelain Plate - Freemasonry Of Dunkirk - Ep. 1st Half Nineteenth

White background with VERY RARE polychrome and gold decoration of MASONIC symbols: Compass - Square - Eye, with the inscription "FRATERNITI - BIENFAISANCE - SAGESSE" and "DUNKIRK". Gold fillet on the edge. From the Lodge Maconnique of DUNKERQUE. DImension: Diam. 23 cm Condition: GOOD CONDITION - tiny jump of enamel shown on the reverse at the edge, totally invisible to the eye. Period: 1st XIXth The French porcelains with masonic decoration (Franc Maconnerie) are extremely. Only a few rare pieces are known. Freemasonry in Dunkirk, studied for the period of the 18th - 19th centuries, presents the particularity of its age ː the city saw the establishment of one of the first lodges of Freemasonry in France. The situation during these two centuries could have been seen by one author1 as a sort of golden age for the institution, then made up of “rich and well-attended circles2”, despite an eclipse in the mid-nineteenth century with the disappearance of of the two oldest lodges, before a renaissance at the dawn of the twentieth century. To read more, please follow this link: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franc-ma%C3%A7onnerie_%C3%A0_Dunkerque PAYMENT and TRANSPORT PAYMENTS ACCEPTED via PAYPAL / LYDIA / CB in VAD (distance selling) or by CHECK (POSSIBILITY OF ECHELON PAYMENT) PACKAGES WILL BE POSTED WITHIN 3 DAYS. GROUPED SHIPPING POSSIBLE IN CASE OF PURCHASE OF MULTIPLE ITEMS.