THE GREENOCK DISTRICT LODGE OF THE LOYAL ORANGE INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN SEAL

Seal Detail

A mid-Victorian brass and labernum desk seal, circa 1850, the handle of flat top baluster form tapering to a brass collar and circular  matrix, well engraved with a central depiction of crowned figure on horseback holding staff with inscription below reading Wm III, 1690 and DISTRICT LODGE No 3  and outer circumscription within a lined border reading:

LOYAL ORANGE INSTITUTION OF Grt BRITTn GREENOCK

Although the origin of Orangism in Scotland can be traced much farther back, it was only by the mid 1850's that the number of Lodges numbered greater than ten, Greenock Lodge being one of the early established and on this numbered as Lodge 3, although in some sources given as Lodge 8.

Seal Specification

Height:  120mm

Diameter of matrix:  40mm 

Weight:  190g