Aurum Silver 'Canterbury Cathedral' Goblet
This was the last item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER 355 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 500 MADE BY ORDER OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CANTERBURY TO COMMEMORATE THE 900TH ANNIVERSARY IN 1989 OF ARCHBISHOP LANFRANC
Certificate signed by John A Simpson, Dean of Canterbury
Edition of: 500
Designer: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 12 oz
Height: 16.5 cm
When Lanfranc came to Canterbury the Cathedral and Monastery were in ruins. He was nearly 70 when he became Archbishop and he had 19 very fruitful years. When he died in 1089 he had completely rebuilt the Cathedral and Monastery and won back purloined land and incomes. He appears in miniature on the goblet in alternating frames based on two stained glass windows from the Cathedral’s Trinity Chapel. He is in the company of St Augustine, the founder; St Thomas Becket, martyred in the Cathedral; the Black Prince who is buried there and William the Conqueror who Lanfranc served loyally. The sixth figure has no name– a medieval pilgrim, representative of the myriad pilgrims who made their way to Canterbury and the shrine of St Thomas.
Goblet number 1 was presented to HRH The Queen by the Chapter of Canterbury
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