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ID number: BIRRC-H0046 Institution: Research and Cultural Collections Named collection: University Heritage Collection Title / Object name: Mason College Crest in Frame Object type: Frame Measurements: 15x 19 |
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A colour drawing of the Mason Science College crest in a gold-coloured oval frame. The crest is red, yellow and blue. THe crest depicts a lion in a shield with a mermaid on top of the shield. Inscriptions / Translations: THE.MASON.SCIENCE.COLLEGE Notes: A framed drawing of the Mason Science College crest. The college was founded by Sir Josiah Mason. Mason came from modest beginnings and created his own heraldic crest which includes our mermaid with mirror and comb along with a two-headed lion. He was a self-made man through various industrial concerns (most famously the manufacture of pen-nibs). He was a great philanthropist and he founded an orphanage and almshouses in Erdington. He then established Mason Science College in Birmingham city centre in 1875. The College was the precursor of the University of Birmingham, which received its Royal Charter on 24 March 1900. |
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