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    I've just acquired this George Price key and wondered if the triangle and letter G on the reverse might signify a date or something? Or is it just an emblem Price used? Thanks
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    Well, err, I'm not even going to take a guess Warren lol, but it's a cracking key and I can't say I've seen a GP like that with such a wide bit and short stem. It looks exceptionally fine fluting as well, very nice!

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    Quote Originally Posted by MaxVaultage View Post
    Well, err, I'm not even going to take a guess Warren lol, but it's a cracking key and I can't say I've seen a GP like that with such a wide bit and short stem. It looks exceptionally fine fluting as well, very nice!
    Yes its a nice one max. I've paid 2 and 3 times as much for mediocre keys.not a patch on this. That's one of the good an bad things about buying from the look of a picture, sometimes they're better in the flesh but I've also bought what looks exceptional only to be dissapointed. I normally go for the rustiest cruddiest looking ones annd things can only get better. But thanks for the heads up on it, your a star.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Warren63 View Post
    I've just acquired this George Price key and wondered if the triangle and letter G on the reverse might signify a date or something? Or is it just an emblem Price used? Thanks
    Could it be Masonic?
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    Quote Originally Posted by BBE View Post
    Could it be Masonic?
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    Probably so, see link below noting: The title page of the Treatise. The drawing on it is full of Masonic symbolism.
    http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/Muse...g/priceg03.htm

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    Note also the name plate and escutcheon used on Price's "Treble Patent" safes with the triangle-G in the center --

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    Quote Originally Posted by wylk View Post
    Note also the name plate and escutcheon used on Price's "Treble Patent" safes with the triangle-G in the center --

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    I think you guys may well be right. There's actually a lodge in Croydon England named the George Price freemason lodge. A bit of research shows he was heavily into freemasonry until he became a "Christian"? I wonder if this was after the safe explosion that killed the young boy. It would certainly be a reason for feelings of guilt.

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    Interesting. I'll have to ask around at the Masonic library next time I am downtown. I bet they have a book on George Price.
    I've never seen a triangle-G used for anything, just the square and compasses.

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    It seems obvious when you say it now...but in all these years I have never put the 2 and 2 together before, nor heard anyone mention it!

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    Same for me, it's never registered before and I'd never made what now seems an obvious connection.
    From what little I know the triangle is the most widely used form of shape in Masonic symbolism, isn't it a triangle or pyramid representation with some sort of 'overseeing' eye on American dollar bills? At a guess GP's triangle and addition of the central 'G' on the escutcheons/badges was probably his own discreet little twist on his marque.
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