| London 1978
This was the 23rd item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
JERSEY CATTLE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM CENTENARY 1978
63/500
Certificate signed by D C Dalton President
Edition of: 500
Designer: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 12.5 oz
Height: 17.78 cm Cost new: £263 (£496 for Jug & Box)
The Society owes its origins to a suggestion by Lord Chesham, at the Wray Park Sale of May 10th 1878, that the time had arrived to establish a Herd Book for English Jersey Cattle. The response was enthusiastic and upwards of 150 breeders subsequently lent their support. Today, the Society numbers some 1300 members and in April 1979, as it celebrates its Centenary, it will be the recipient of an unique honour, when Her Majesty The Queen accepts its Presidency.
(See also the Jersey Silver Sugar box - the next piece issued by Aurum Designs)
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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
In original box with Certificate
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Certificate: OLYMPIC SPOONS SET NUMBER 138 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 19th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
Original box (marked on top) no paperwork
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER 226 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 2500 MADE BY ORDER OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF WESTMINSTER TO COMMEMORATE THE SILVER JUBILEE IN 1977 OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Certificate signed by Edward Carpenter, Dean of Westminster
Edition of: 2500
Designer: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 8.5oz
Diameter of Bowl: 11.5 cm Cost new: £143 - £284 pair - £850 x 6
The handle of the Bowl, sculptured by Tim Minett, is a crowned, rampant lion, the royal and national symbol of England. Its left paw is supported by a shield bearing across and martlets: the arms of St Edward, which is incorporated in those of the Abbey. The lion proffers St Edward’s Crown, so named because, in origin, it was the Confessor’s own, preserved by the Abbey. It is the Coronation Crown which, at the height of the great national and religious solemnity, is taken from the Abbey’s High Altar by the Dean of Westminster and presented to the Archbishop to be placed on the head of the newly-anointed sovereign.
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| | London 1979
Original Box
This was the 26th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER 110 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 900 MADE BY ORDER OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER TO COMMEMORATE THE NINTH CENTENARY OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL IN 1979
Certificate signed by Michael Stancliffe, Dean of Winchester
Edition of: 900
Designer: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 216 g
Diameter of Bowl: 11.5 cm Cost new: £182
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| | London 1972
This was the 1st item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
In original white box with certificate booklet
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER 138 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 500 MADE BY ORDER OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF YORK TO COMMEMORATE THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMPLETION OF THE GOTHIC MINSTER AND THE END OF THE FIVE YEARS OF WORK OF RESTORATION IN 1972
Booklet certificate signed by Alan Richardson, Dean of York
Edition of: 500
Designer: Hector Miller
Maker: Hector Miller – Stuart Devlin Workshop
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 474
Height: 16.5 cm Cost new: £88
The Minster is the fifth cathedral in York and took nearly two and a half centuries to complete before it was re-consecrated in 1472. In 1967 the foundations were seen to be failing and the great central tower in danger of collapse. The frieze around the base of the goblet symbolises the restoration with twelve figures representing the hundreds of skilled workers involved: Engineers; Woodworkers; Plasterers; Surveyors; Decorators; Masons and Stone Carvers; Scaffolders; Steelworkers; Drillers and Concreters.
In a letter from the Dean promoting the York Minster Bowl he said: "…..the first piece produced, the Aurum York Minster Goblet, exceeded our hopes in every one of these respects. The almost instantaneous over-subscription of the entire edition on its first public announcement was gratifying but not surprising.” (This was the first limited edition piece that Hector Miller produced for Aurum and was made in the workshops of Stuart Devlin where Hector was working at the time)
This one arrived in original sealed packaging unopened
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| | London 1972
Original white box and Certificate
This was the 2nd item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER 463 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 MADE BY ORDER OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF YORK TO COMMEMORATE THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMPLETION OF THE GOTHIC MINSTER AND THE END OF THE FIVE YEARS WORK OF RECONSTRUCTION IN 1972
Certificate signed by Alan Richardson, Dean of York
Edition of: 1000
Designer: Hector Miller
Maker: Hector Miller – Stuart Devlin Workshop
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 10oz
Diameter of bowl: 11.5 cm Cost new: £63.50 - £121 pair
The Bowl’s handle depicts, in deep sculptured relief, two men working on the fabric of the Minster. To the left, a mason in fifteenth-century dress, representative of the original builders, carves the Minster’s arms; to the right, a welder, representative of the restorers, is at work on the steel shoring which supported the structure during restoration.
(This was unopened since 1972 and in original despatch box when it arrived!)
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| | London 1972
Original white box and Certificate
This was the 2nd item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER 464 & 465 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 MADE BY ORDER OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF YORK TO COMMEMORATE THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMPLETION OF THE GOTHIC MINSTER AND THE END OF THE FIVE YEARS WORK OF RECONSTRUCTION IN 1972
Certificate signed by Alan Richardson, Dean of York
Edition of: 1000
Designer: Hector Miller
Maker: Hector Miller – Stuart Devlin Workshop
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 10oz
Diameter of bowl: 11.5 cm Cost new: £63.50 - £121 pair
The Bowl’s handle depicts, in deep sculptured relief, two men working on the fabric of the Minster. To the left, a mason in fifteenth-century dress, representative of the original builders, carves the Minster’s arms; to the right, a welder, representative of the restorers, is at work on the steel shoring which supported the structure during restoration.
(These was unopened since 1972 and in original despatch box when they arrived!) |
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