Aurum Silver 'Chichester Cathedral' Goblet

London 1976

This was the 13th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs

In original white box with certificate booklet signed by Walter Hussey

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Engraved to base:

NUMBER 56 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 600 MADE BY ORDER OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER TO COMMEMORATE THE NINTH CENTENARY OF THE FOUNDATION OF CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL IN 1075 

 Edition of:                   600

Designer:                     Desmond Clen-Murphy

Maker:                         Hector Miller – Stuart Devlin Workshop

Sponsor’s Mark:         Desmond Clen-Murphy

Weight:                       310 g

Height:                        16.5 cm           Cost new: £164 - £326  pair - £972 x 6

Booklet certificate signed by Walter Hussey, Dean of Chichester

The tapering profile of the goblets cup traces that of the Cathedral’s spire. Only six of England’s medieval cathedrals have stone spires. The cup is supported by a stem formed as a sheaf of wheat. From Roman times, the fertile Sussex plain has been renowned for grain and, in the eighteenth century, with Chichester as its prospering centre, it became the granary of Southern England, feeding London. Upon the wheatsheaf stem appears the six heraldic martlets of Sussex.

(Desmond Clen-Murphy lived in Sussex and produced several commissions for Chichester Cathedral)

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