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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">This stunning piece is a reproduction of Cartier's famous flamingo brooch. The original was a gift given to Wallis Simpson by her husband the Duke of Windsor. This reproduction piece is of fantastic quality and features approximately 3ct of diamonds across the birds' legs and body. With a combination of blue and yellow sapphires, emeralds and rubies for the feathers, the burst of colour is enticing!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><a href="http://www.wharfedaleantiques.com/VintageDiamond,Sapphire,Emerald,RubyReplicaCartierFlamingoBroochin18ctGoldBR37?search=BR37" target="_blank">Click here for more information on our brooch for sale</a></span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The piece in question was commissioned in 1940 by the Duke of Windsor. The elegant bird was soon given to Wallis Simpson, and the Cartier archives reveal that the duchess reused gems from a necklace and four bracelets in her collection in order to have the flamingo made. The piece was eventually sold at a Sotheby's auction in 2010 for £1,721,250 against an estimate of £1.5m!</span></span><br />
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Masonic Ball Fob can also be known as a Cross Fob or a Masonic Orb. It can
appear initially to simply be a Gold sphere, however when unhinged, it opens
into a cross-shaped Pendant. The original Freemason owner of this will have
worn this to discreetly shown their membership into the brotherhood. They are
still in production to this day, however most commonly date to the late 19<sup>th</sup>
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typically used as a fob for a pocket watch, in modern day they can also be used
on a charm bracelet or worn on a chain as a Pendant. This design typifies the
great craftsmanship shown in Masonic jewellery, with the arrangement of small
hinges not being visible from the exterior. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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cross shape is formed by six pyramids, each showing four Masonic symbols. There
are several interpretations of the meaning behind the creation of these, one
being that when the fob is laid out, it
shows the structure of a lodge room with the Master’s square at the right, the
two pillars and the level of the Senior Warden on the centre left and the cross
in the middle. The left segment then represents the first degree, the upper
segment represents the second degree and the lower segment represents the third
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Jewellery was typically made from 9ct or 10ct Gold, this particular piece bears
9ct and Silver hallmarks on the underside. The varieties of symbols on the
pyramid faces include the tools of stonemasons to represent moral values which
are a key element of freemasonry.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For further reading, h</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ere is an explanation of the cruciform
arrangement of St. John’s Lodge Emblems contained in the golden Globe:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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God's omnipotence is visible everywhere.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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The heaven's show forth His glory, one day declares it to be another.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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His power descends from above to the whole of the earth<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>2nd Square:</b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Level: <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>
and spreads over the surface of the world.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Two columns:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>
Rising and setting are His work<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Delta: <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>
and show us there must be a divine existence.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>3rd Square:</b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cross and Cabletow: The
true and first perception of Him has come to us through Christ.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>4th Square:</b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gavel: Through him we learn the
proper government of the moral as well as the physical world.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Blazing Star: <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>
Thus He appears as the paternal Creator,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hexagonal Star:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>
as the merciful, beneficent, preserver of the world,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Square: <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>
and as the everlasting, all-righteous God.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Row: (to be read from North to South)</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>"The
Way From Darkness to Light"</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i>(The
moral evolution in virtue of the conception of God.)</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>1st Square:</b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rough Ashlar: <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>The natural man who, being ignorant,
has to learn by the spirit of God,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tesselated pavement: but is
still His child, capable of development by the divine light that dwells within
him.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Seven steps: by patient
perseverance in well doing, and thus ennobling himself<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Trowel: he purifies and refines
his heart according to the will of the Great Architect.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>2nd Square:</b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cross and cabletow: The real
Teacher of the true way of life is the Master of Nazareth,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>3rd Square:</b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Skull & crossbones: who has
shown by precept and example, that we can, whilst on earth here, separate the
earthly from the heavenly,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Acacia: and who has
brought life<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Perfect Ashlar: and
eternal existence to all.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>"Masonic Timepieces,
Rings, Balls and Watch Fobs" by Brother C. Clark Julius<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://freemasonry.london.museum/it/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Masonic-ball-fobs.pdf"><i>http://freemasonry.london.museum/it/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Masonic-ball-fobs.pdf</i></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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