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EXHIBITION at STYLES SILVER
DON PORRITT is one of the major silversmiths featured in my book 'DESIGNER BRITISH SILVER -
from Studios Established 1930-1985'. At 87 years old he is still producing cutting edge work.
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| Sheffield 2004
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Height: 235 mm
Weight:425 gm
Capacity: 475 ml
DON PORRITT silver: light, texture and form Page 50-51 |
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| Sheffield 2002
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Height: 195 mm
Weight:430 gm
Capacity: 500 ml
With Gilded inset hand grip panels & interior
DON PORRITT silver: light, texture and form Page 52-53
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| Sheffield 2020
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Circular Bowl with Textured Front to Handle
(This was the initial prototype for the 4 - all with anticlastic handles}
Length: 90 mm
Weight: 25 gm
STYLES SILVER commission for this current exhibition
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| Birmingham 1905
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Height: 25 cm
Takes a full bottle of wine
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| London 1974
J A Campbell
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Height: 16.5 cm
Weight: 508g |
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| Birmingham 1980
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Broadway & Co
Length of Mirror: 23 cm
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| London 1984
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Diameter: 10 cm
Original box and Limited Edition Certificate No. 16/100
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| London 1979
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Height: 7.5 cm
Limited edition boxes - Christmas Carol series
In original box
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| Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Height: 160 mm
Weight: 190 gm
Capacity: 300 ml
Miniature
A bottle shaped form which can function as pouring vessels or as vases.
Fabricated construction, hammer texture finishes
DON PORRITT silver: light, texture and form Page 54-55 |
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| London 1979
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Height: 9 cm
Width: 17 cm
Hand raised
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| London 1984
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Length: 22 cm
2 Gold Beads
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| Sheffield
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Length: 11 cm
Height: 4.5 cm
Weight: 170 gm
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| London 1975
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Height: 6.5 cm
No. 278 of a Limited edition of 500 - With Box and Certificate
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| London 1983
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Height: 6.5 cm
In original box with certificate number 67 - A Limited Edition of 100
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| London 1976
White box & certificates
This was the 13th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER 158/9 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: 10 oz each
Height: 16.5 cm Cost new: £164 - £325 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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| London 1982
This was the 40th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
In original Brown Box
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Edition of: 600
Designer; Hector Miller
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Height: 5.5 cm
Diameter: 14 cm
Weight of silver: 9 oz |
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| London 1817
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Samuel Knight
Height: 9 cm
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| London 1972
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Height: 10.8 cm
Weight: 1425 gm
In original Benney green silk bags in original Bennry box with silver presentation plaque
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| Design for Locket 1983
Limited Edition Signed Print 1/30
Sheet size: 23 cm x 15 cm
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| Sheffield 1952
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Walker & Hall
Height: 22 cm
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| Marked: PM
Width base: 14 cm
Height: 6.5 cm
(Current new retail prices: Boy £490 Toto £430 separately)
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| Marked: PM
Height: 5.5 cm
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| 1982 Print Limited Edition: 21/30
Sheet Size: 29 cm x 20 cm
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| Sheffield
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Height: 85 mm
Width: 30 mm
Weight: 33g
The model is hand enameled and then baked in a kiln making a strong and durable enamel
It comes in a silk lined gift box, with a leaflet explaining how it was made. |
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| Sheffield 1903
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Height: 9 cm
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| London 1931
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Wakely & Wheeler
Diameter: 10 cm
Height: 7 cm
Original box and spoon
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| Sheffield 1901
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
George Howson
Length Dish: 11 cm
In original box with original knife
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| London 1939
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Goldsmiths & Silversmiths & Co Ltd
In original box with Mother of Pearl Handled Stainless Steel Serrated Bladed Grapefruit Knife
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| London 1972
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Height: 13 cm
Weight: `55 gm
Good sound
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| Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Retractable Toothpick
Length: 11 cm when closed
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| Sheffield 1896
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
George Howson
Length: 18.5 cm
In original box
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