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This was the 22nd item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Edition of: 100
Designer: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 42 oz
Height:
In a promotional letter dated 24th May 1978 the Lord Mayor, Air Commodore The Honourable Sir Peter Vanneck wrote: ‘One hundred years ago, the city of London won a long, hard and very important battle. It was fought specifically to save Epping Forest but its implications were much wider. The Epping Forest Act of 1878 proved a turning point in the sad story of the depredation of England’s common lands and was a major early victory for the forces of conservation’.
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London 1975
This was the 12th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Marked to base:
---/150 Four hallmarks – Shield with arms of Richard Fitzwilliam, seventh ViscountFitzwilliam.The arms are lozengy, argent and gules. The motto beneath, Deo Juvante, is an abbreviated version of the full motto Deo adjuvante, nontimemdum.
Edition of: 150
Designer: Jocelyn Burton
Maker: Hector Miller
Sponsor’s Mark: JB
Weight: 12oz
Height: 23 cm Cost new: £388
Booklet certificate signed by Lord Butler of Saffron Walden, Chairman the Fitzwilliam Museum Syndicate
Each cup is made from sixteen separately formed pieces of silver and set with five 8carat cabochon topaz
1975 was a notable year in the history of the Fitzwilliam Museum The new extension was completed and the first exhibition held there was opened by Her Majesty the Queen Mother in July. The exhibition was Cambridge Plate spanning seven centuries including examples from their own collection and pieces on loan. This cup was included demonstrating that the arts of designing and making fine silver still flourishes.
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London 1973
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This was the 3rd item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
THE CONGRESS OF EUROPE STANDING CUP AND COVER 1973 NUMBER --- OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 500 FACSIMILES OF THE FIRST EUROPEAN MOVEMENT PRIZE PRESENTED TO MONSIEUR JEAN MONNET PRODUCED WITH THE AUTHORITY OF THE EUROPEAN MOVEMENT
Certificate signed by Harlech, Chairman, British Council of the European Movement
Edition of: 500
Designer: Hector Miller
Maker: Hector Miller - Stuart Devlin Workshop
Maker’s Mark: Am
Weight: 18oz
Height: 21 cm
Portraiture by Hector Miller M. Des. RCA - Calligraphy by Madelaine Dinkel ARCA MSIA FSDC
The Congress of European Movement Standing Cup and Cover reproduces the first gold European Movement Prize, which was presented to Monsieur Jean Monnet at the Congress held in London in 1973, the year of the United Kingdom’s entry into the European Economic Community. The prize is to be given each year to an individual for outstanding service to Europe. This edition was not sold out so those produced for the winners in 1974 and 1975 were only offered to those who had purchased this first one.
(I understand that only about 100 of the first one were sold - the least successful of the Aurum productions)
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| London 1974
This was the 7th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Edition of: ?
Designer: Hector Miller
Maker: Hector Miller - Stuart Devlin Workshop
Maker’s Mark: Am
Weight: 18 oz
Height: 21 cm
Portraiture by Hector Miller M. Des. RCA - Calligraphy by Madelaine Dinkel ARCA MSIA FSDC
Only offered to those who purchased the first one in 1973
Same details as 1973 but this one presented to Professor Walter Hallstein, German academic, diplomat and politician who was the first President of the European Movement 1968-74
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| London 1975
This was the 9th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Edition of: 500
Designer: Hector Miller
Maker: Hector Miller - Stuart Devlin Workshop
Maker’s Mark: Am
Weight: 18oz
Height: 21 cm
Portraiture by Hector Miller M. Des. RCA - Calligraphy by Madelaine Dinkel ARCA MSIA FSDC
Only offered to those who purchased the first one in 1973
Same details as 1973 but this one presented to Duncan Sandys
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London 1976
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This was the 14th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
FACSIMILE OF THE FOURTH EUROPEAN MOVEMENT PRIZE PRESENTED TO SIGNOR ALTIERO SPINELLI in 1976
Edition: ?
Designer: Hector Miller
Maker: Hector Miller - Stuart Devlin Workshop
Maker’s Mark: Am
Weight: 18 oz
Height: 21 cm
Portraiture by Hector Miller M. Des. RCA - Calligraphy by Madelaine Dinkel ARCA MSIA FSDC
Only offered to those who purchased the previous one in 1975
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London 1982
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This was the 43rd item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Certificate signed on behalf of Aurum Designs:
This is to certify that Jewelled Salt Number --- is one of the sole limited edition of 250 produced by Aurum Designs in 1982, the year of the birth of HRH Prince William of Wales.
Edition of: 250
Designer: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 6oz
Height: 6.5 cm Cost new: £325 - £640 pair
The Welsh dragon is set with a cultured pearl with a minimum diameter of 8 mm
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| London 1981
This was the 35th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engravedto base:
NUMBER--- OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 681 MADE BY ORDER OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF GLOUCESTER TO COMMEMORATE THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY OF THE FOUNDATION IN AD 681
Booklet certificate signed by Gilbert Thurlow, Dean of Gloucester
Edition of: 681
Designer: Hector Miller
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 10.5 oz
Height: 16.5 cm Cost New: £396
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| London 1984
This was the 49th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER--- OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 500 MADE BY ORDER OF THE KINGS, HERALDS AND PURSUIVANTS OF ARMS TO COMMEMORATE THE QUINCENTENARY IN 1984 OF THE COLLEGE OF ARMS
Certificate signed by Colin Cole, Garter Principal King of Arms
Editionof: 500
Designer: Hector Miller & TimMinett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 9oz
Height:
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| London 1984
This was the 50th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Certificatesigned by Colin Cole, Garter Principal King of Arms
Edition of: 250
Designer: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 15oz
Height: 15.5 cm Cost new: £
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| London 1985
This was the 52nd item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Certificate signed by Randolph Vigne, President of the Huguenot Society of London
Engraved to base:
NUMBER--- OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 500 MADE TO COMMEMORATE THE HUGUENOT TERCENTENARY 1985
Edition of: 500
Designer: Hector Miller & TimMinett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 10oz
Height:
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| London 1980
This was the 33rd item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Edition: 100
Designer: Hector Miller
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’sMark: HM
Weight: 5 oz
Diameter: 7cm
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| London 1974
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This was the 9th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER--- OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 750 MADE BY ORDER OF THE ROYAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION TO COMMEMORATE THEIR ONE HUNDRED & FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY IN 1974
The scene depicts the rescue of the crew of the ‘St George’ off Douglas, Isle of Man, on 20 November 1830 by volunteers led by Sir William Hillary, founder of the Institution
Booklet certificate signed by Captain Nigel Dixon RN Director of RNLI
Edition of: 750
Designer: Hector Miller & Ian Ribbons
Maker: Hector Miller - Stuart Devlin Workshop
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 10 oz
Diameter: 19.5 cm Cost new: £118
Central silver gilt boss, carved by Ian Ribbons depicts: Hillary’s boat, launched from the bay behind the old lighthouse on the pier, is approaching between St.Mary’s Rock and the wreck which, bows down, is heeling over to starboard. Her foremast lies entangled across the starboard side. A ship’s boat, lowered from the starboard davits, has been crushed: a sailor is climbing back to the steamer’s poop. The reefed main sail has torn loose against the shrouds; the starboard paddle-case is awash; the crew shelter by the stern weather rail while heavy seas break over the wreck. Hillary is assisting coxswain Vondy at the stern steering oar; behind a crewman is paying out a stern anchor line; two others are fending off with oars from ridges of rocks to the right; in the bows a man is hailing the ‘St. George’
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| London 1979
This was the 28th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER--- 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: 11oz
Height: 16.5 cm Cost new: £246- £490 pair - £1464 x 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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| London 1976
This was the 16th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Edition of: 776
Designer: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 5.5oz
Length: 16 cm Cost new: £184
Boxed set of 6 to Commemorate the Montreal Olympic Games with gilt finials of different skills made with the approval of the British Olympic Association
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| London 1973
This was the 4th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to top:
He most improves who studies with delight
Edition of: 1 - (maybe 2?)
Designer: ?HM
Maker: ?HM - Stuart Devlin Workshop
Sponsor’s Mark: Am
Weight: 139.5 gms
Height: 2.1 cm
Diameter: 4.4 cm
Calligraphy by Madelaine Dinkel ARCA MSIA FSDC
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John Sutherland-Hawes told me: 'The paperweight: although it bears the Aurum hallmark, it was not an Aurum product and should not be included in your list. I had made for my son to give to the headmaster of his primary school when he left. (It's possible there was a second one for my son's housemaster at his next school - but I don't remember.) The inscription came from "The Universal Penman" by George Bickham. In full it reads "He most improves who studies with delight / and learns sound morals as he learns to write". Yes, Madeleine Dinkel was the calligrapher, but I've no recollection who made it'
(I have included it in this listing as it bears the Am mark for completeness and another example may turn up)
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| London 1988
This was the 57th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER--- OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 500 MADE BY ORDER OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER TO COMMEMORATE THE 750TH ANNIVERSARY IN 1988 OF COMPLETION OF PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL
Certificate signed by Randolph Wise, Dean of Peterborough
Edition of: 500
Designed by: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 12oz
Height: 16.5 cm
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| London 1984
This was the 48th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
--- TO COMMEMORATE THE BIRTH IN LONDON ON 15th SEPTEMBER 1984 OF HRH PRINCE HENRY CHARLES ALBERT DAVID THE SECOND CHILD OF HRH THE PRINCE & PRINCESS OF WALES
Edition of: 250
Designer: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 5oz
Height: 7.5 cm Cost new: £365 - £725 pair
The two cherubs holding a coronet is an accurate representation in miniature of the one reserved for the use of grand children of the Sovereign through the Heir Apparent: a circlet heightened with crosses paty, fleur-de-lys and strawberry leaves.
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| London 1982
This was the 41st item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
---TO COMMEMORATE THE BIRTH AND CHRISTENING OF PRINCE WILLIAM OF WALES BORN 21JUNE 1982 IN LONDON AND CHRISTENED 4 AUGUST AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, WILLIAM ARTHUR PHILLIP LOUIS
Edition of: 250
Designer: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 5oz
Width: 11 cm Cost New: £345
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| London 1980
This was the 31st item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Certificate signed by John Sutherland-Hawes
Made to Commemorate the Queen Mother's 80th Birthday
Edition of: 250
Designer: Hector Miller
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 7oz
Diameter: 15 cm Cost new: £334 - Coaster and Decanter: £657
The rose, our national symbol and a flower very dear to the Queen Mother, is the principal inspiration for the design by Hector Miller. The variety chosen is the Sweet Brier, or Eglantine, one of the most treasured of the native plants of our English countryside and beloved of generations of poets. Her Majesty's personal Coat of Arms, which combines the royal Arms with those of her family, Bowes Lyon, is depicted with her express approval.
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| London 1980
This was the 30th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Certificate signed by John Sutherland-Hawes
Made to Commemorate the Queen Mother's 80th Birthday
Edition of: 250
Designer: Hector Miller
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 7oz
Height: 30 cm Cost New: £325 - Decanter and Coaster: £657
The rose, our national symbol and a flower very dear to the Queen Mother, is the principal inspiration for the design by Hector Miller. The variety chosen is the Sweet Brier, or Eglantine, one of the most treasured of the native plants of our English countryside and beloved of generations of poets. Her Majesty's personal Coat of Arms, which combines the royal Arms with those of her family, Bowes Lyon, is depicted with her express approval.
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| London 1977
This was the 20th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engravedto base: …/250
Certificate signed by Edward Carpenter, Dean of Westminster
Edition of: 250
Designer: Hector Miller & TimMinett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: Am
Weight: 23 oz
Height: 28.5 cm Cost New: £435
The four candleholders surmount a crowned, rampant lion, the royal and national symbol of England, whose origin lies in Richard the Lionheart’s choice of golden lions for his alms. The lion proffers St. Edward’s Crown, so named because, in origin, it was the Confessor’s own, preserved by the Abbey and is now the Coronation Crown, The lion’s left paw is supported by a shield bearing a cross and five martlets: the arms of St. Edward, which are incorporated in those of the Abbey. The shape of the foot, with its twenty five gilt flutes, is reminiscent of the fab vaulting of the Henry VII chapel, the Abbey’s most wonderful architectural feature.
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| London 1988
This was the 56th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
TO COMMEMORATE THE RUBY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ON 2OTH NOVEMBER 1987 OF HM QUEEN ELIZABETH II AND HRH THE PRINCE PHILIP, DUKE OF EDINBURGH
Certificate signed by John Sutherland-Hawes, Director of Aurum Designs Limited, London
Edition of: 150
Designer: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 6oz
Height: 11cm Cost new: £435 - £865 pair
The cover is formed of blooms of the English Sweet Briar Rose, together with their attendance hips and foliage.
Letter from John Sutherland-Hawes: ‘It is our only limited edition in 1987. The reason for this and for the very small number in the edition is the heavy existing commitments which our workshop has. We are usually successful in keeping a balance between our work on limited editions and our work on private commissions but this year we tried in vain because of two large export orders which we accepted for large tableware services. They are still keeping us very busy but opportunities to design for events which are personal to HM The Queen are rare and not to be refused.’
This was only offered to regular customers on a first come basis
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| London 1981
This was the 37th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Certificate signed by Alan Webster, Dean of St Paul’s
Edition of: 400
Designer: Hector Miller &Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 18 oz
Height: 22.5 cm
The stem of the candelabrum 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 builtr eplaced 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.
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| London 1982
This was the 38th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER--- OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 800 MADE BY ORDER OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE EIGHTH CENTENARY OF WELLS CATHEDRAL IN 1982
Booklet certificate signed by Patrick Mitchell, Dean of Wells
Edition of: 800
Designer: Hector Miller &Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 12.5oz
Height: 17 cm
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| London 1982
This was the 40th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Edition of: 600
Designer: Hector Miller
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Height:
Weight of silver: 9 oz
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| London 1980
Hector Miller
Length: 11cm
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London 1976
Height:14cm
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