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No box or certificate
This was the 46th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Edition: 250
Designer: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 5oz
Height: 11 cm
Diameter: 9.5 cm
Turned wood base
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London 1973
This was the 3rd item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
This one in original white box with certificate and letters
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Engraved to base:
THE CONGRESS OF EUROPE STANDING CUP AND COVER 1973 NUMBER 43 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 (not nearly achieved)
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.
Heads around cover:
MACMILLAN - MONNET - SCHUMAN - SPAAK - ADENAUER - BLUM - CHURCHILL - DE GASPERI
Each cup is an identical copy of the first one produced, except each prize-winner chooses a quotation from his own speeches or writings which is applied, in his own language, in fine calligraphy around the base.
Jean Monnet chose: 'Nous ne coalisons pas des etats -nous unissons des hommes' (We are not unifying states - we are unifying people)
This edition was not sold out so those produced for the winners in 1974,1975 and 1976 were only offered to those who had purchased this first one. (Originally commissioned by the British Council of the European Movement for 6 years but not produced in 1977/8)
(I understand that only about 100 of the first one were sold - the least successful of the Aurum productions)
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| | London 1976
This was the 16th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
Made to Commemorate the 21st Olympiad of the Modern Era - 776 BC - 1976 AD
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Certificate: OLYMPIC SPOONS SET NUMBER --- OF SIX SPOONS THIS CERTIFIES THAT THE ABOVE ARE [PART OF THE SOLE LIMITED EDITION OF 776 SPOONS IN EACH OF THE SIX DIFFERENT SCULPTURED SUBJECTS MADE ON THE OCCASION OF THE GAMES OF THE xxi OLYMPIAD IN MONTREAL 1976
Signed by G M Sparkes General Secretary of The British Olympic Association
Edition of: 776
Designer: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: Am
Weight: 5.5oz
Length: 16 cm Cost new: £184
Finials represent Running - Discus - Javelin - Long Jump - Wrestling - Boxing
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| | London 1977
This was the 20th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base: 112/250
Certificate signed by Edward Carpenter, Dean of Westminster
Edition of: 250
Maker: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker’s Mark: Am
Weight: 23 oz
Height: 28.5 cm Cost New: £435 - £860 pair
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.
With the Jubilee Hallmark
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| | London 1981
This was the 36th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
This one in original brown box with certificate, booklet, letters + letters and paperwork
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER 66 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: 11 oz
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.
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| | London 1982
This was the 38th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
This one in original brown box with certificate and leaflet
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER 233 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
Sixteen figures, finely sculpted in miniature, are portrayed in the goblet.They were inspired by the medieval sculptures of the West Front, 297 which survive.
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| | London 1980
Hector Miller
Length: 11cm
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London 1976
Height:14cm
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