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AURUM Silver 'St PAUL'S CATHEDRAL ROYAL WEDDING' Goblet

(Code: AurumStPaulsWedding)
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AURUM Silver 'St PAUL'S CATHEDRAL ROYAL WEDDING' Goblet
  • AURUM Silver 'St PAUL'S CATHEDRAL ROYAL WEDDING' Goblet
  • AURUM Silver 'St PAUL'S CATHEDRAL ROYAL WEDDING' Goblet
  • AURUM Silver 'St PAUL'S CATHEDRAL ROYAL WEDDING' Goblet
  • AURUM Silver 'St PAUL'S CATHEDRAL ROYAL WEDDING' Goblet
  • AURUM Silver 'St PAUL'S CATHEDRAL ROYAL WEDDING' Goblet
London 1981

This was the 36th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs

In original box with certificate, leaflet and Tarnprufe bag

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Engraved to base: 

NUMBER 809 A LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000 MADE BY ORDER OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF ST PAUL’S TO COMMEMORATE THE WEDDING OF H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE LADY DIANA SPENCER ON 29 JULY 1981

Booklet certificate signed by Alan Webster, Dean of St. Paul’s

Edition of:                   1000

Designer:                    Hector Miller & Tim Minett

Maker:                        Hector Miller

Maker’s Mark:            HM

Weight:                       384 gm

Height:                         16.7 cm      Cost new:   £388 - £770 pair - £2300 x 6

 The bowl of the goblet is held by heraldic beasts, each holding its appropriate coat of arms, are those associated with the three principals in the event.

For the Prince, the Dragon, his insignia as Prince of Wales: the Celtic badge of chieftanship, first used in English royal heraldry by the Tudors.

For the Lady Diana, the Griffin, crest of the Spencers: in legend a guardian of treasure with the appearance of the eagle and lion combined.

For St Paul’s, the Phoenix, its emblem chosen by Wren. The cathedral he built replaced old St Paul’s, destroyed in the Great Fire of London, as fire had destroyed its two predecessors. Each time, like a phoenix from its ashes, it rose again.

The first goblet in this edition was given by the Cathedral as a wedding gift to The Prince & Princess of Wales after the marriage ceremony there