ji'NK. i9i: 



KNO\VLi:nGE. 



K. F"oulkes, R. Ramsbottom, 

 I. Nixon " (see Figure 25.5). 

 Any explanation of this inscrip- 

 tion would be welcomed 1)\ mo. 

 On the obverse is engrawd tlir 

 motto Hsfo perpcfiiiT ad libifiiiii . 

 .\t the establishment of Mr. 

 .\. H. Baldwin in Duncatinon 

 .Street the writer recently saw 

 the badge of the " Leg 

 Mutton " Club — a ,i//X'o/ an 

 iHiturel neatly chased in solid 

 silver. The rare badge of the 

 Beggars" Benison Club (sec 

 Figure 255) which was obtaimt 

 for the writer by Mr. Baldwin, 

 is characteristic of the eighteenth 

 century, to which it belongs. 

 On the obverse are depicted 

 -Adam and Eve, naked, standing 

 facing, their hands joined; .\dani 



jocularity of the roughest 

 description. It included eminent 

 men of all classes, besides many 

 noblemen, and even some niem- 

 liers of the Royal Family, 

 llach member upon his institu- 

 tion paid an entrance fee of ten 

 guineas and received an 

 elaborately-illuminated diploma, 

 as well as the badge of the order. 

 This club came to an end about 

 IN. 50. The badge given by 



Masonic Badge given to Edmund Kean by 



J. Latrobe Wright of Waterford, formerly owned 



by Sir H. Irving, and now in the collection of 



A. M. Hroadley. 



Figure 259. 



Silver pass to Drury Lane 

 Theatre given by David Garrick 

 to his physician. Dr. Schomberg 

 (1770). In the collection of 

 A. M. Hroadlev. 



points to a bower : at 

 their feet a lion. 

 Legend : " Be fruitful 

 and muItipK'.'" On 

 the reverse is Venus, 

 recumbent, beneath a 



canop\- : at her side Cupid; behind, .\donis with a 



spear, and a dog under a tree. Legend : " Lose no 



opportunity." This medal 



has a loop for suspension, 



and the exainple given 



shews a piece of the original 



ribbon. " The Beggars' 



Benison " was instituted at 



.\nstruther about 17J'J. 



ostensibly as an association 



for the collection of "good"' 



songs, stories, jokes, and 



facetiae of all kinds, but 



in realitv to serve as an 



outlet for the inost exuber- 

 ant and outrageous fun and 



George III to his 

 medical attendants 

 after his recovery in 

 1789 is very scarce 

 (see Figure 256), 

 but needs no 

 special description, 

 and tokens Were st 



Figure 261. 

 Silver bo.x pass of Smock .Alley Theatre, Dublin, 

 possession of Messrs. Maggs. 



iMciK); 260. 



Pass to the Prince Regent's box at 



the King's Theatre, Hay market 



(1814). In the collection of A. M. 



Broadiey. 



Later in this year many medals 

 ruck to commemorate the visit 

 of the King and Royal 

 Family both to Weymouth 

 and Plymouth. Books 

 might very well be written 

 both on ' the Pitt Club 

 liadges and those which 

 form part of the insignia 

 of I'reemasonrx'. 



The Grand Lodge of 

 I'"reemasons originated in 

 1717, and enormous prices 

 arc given for medals and 

 badjres connected with 



In the 



the early portion of the 



