London 1979
This one comes in original brown box with signed certificate - booklet
This was the 28th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER 261 BY ORDER OF THE NEW FOREST NINTH CENTENARY TRUST THIS GOBLET HAS BEEN PRODUCED TO MARK THE 900TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOREST IN 1979
Certificate signed by Malmesbury, The Earl of Malmesbury T,D. Chairman of the Trustees
Edition of: 500
Designer: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 360g
Height: 16.5 cm Cost new: £375 - Pair £748 - £2238 for 6
In 1079 William the Conqueror designated the Forest as a royal hunting preserve. The first mention of oak being felled in the forest for the Navy appears in 1611 when 1800 trees were supplied for shipbuilding
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