| London 1976
Box - certificate and leaflet with this one
This was the 17th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER 540 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 750 MADE BY ORDER OF THE PROVOST AND CHAPTER OF BLACKBURN TO COMMEMORATE THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CATHEDRAL IN 1976 AND ITS CONSECRATION IN 1977
Booklet certificate signed by Lawrence Jackson, Provost of Blackburn
Edition of: 750
Designer: Hector Miller
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 8.5 oz
Height: 16.5 cm Cost new: £162
The goblets stem is formed of a Madonna Lily, which for centuries has symbolised the Virgin Mary, the only lily of true pure whiteness. The three open blooms are overlaid with rhodium: one of the whitest metals known, akin to platinum but more precious. Surrounding the base of the stem are three Lancastrian roses; the geographical boundaries of the diocese and Lancashire are practically the same.
On 26th October 1976 the Provost presented the First of these to HM The Queen, received by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire on her behalf.
RESERVED £395 |
| | London 1976
White box, certificate and leaflet
This was the 13th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER 347 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: 10oz
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 1973
Original white box, certificate and leaflet
This was the 6th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER 334 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 673 MADE BY ORDER OF THE DEAN & CHAPTER OF ELY TO COMMEMORATE THE THIRTEENTH CENTENARY OF THE FOUNDATION IN 673 AD
Booklet certificate signed by M S Carey, Dean of Ely
Edition of: 673
Designer: John Willmin
Maker: Raymond Crisp
Sponsor’s Mark: JMW
Weight: 17oz
Height: 16.5 cm Cost new: £96
The Isle of Ely was an island in a sea marsh until the seventeenth century. The long connection with the sea is reflected in the design of the goblet with the mermaid holding the three keys of Ely, the Cathedral’s heraldic device. The octagonal stem with its wave-like texture is based on the great vault surmounted by a tower of oak
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| | London 1980
Original box and certificate
This was the 29th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER--- OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 500 PRODUCED BY ORDER OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER IN 1980 TO COMMEMORATE THE WORK OF BISHOPS BRONESCOMBE & QUINIL IN THE CREATION OF EXETER CATHEDRAL
Booklet certificate signed by Clifford T Chapman, Dean of Exeter
Edition of: 500
Designer: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 9.5 oz
Height: 16.5 cm Cost new:£557 - £1110 pair - £3320 x 6
At Exeter, AD 1280 marked the death of Walter Bronescombe and the accession of Peter Quinil. Bronescombe planned and began the new Exeter Cathedral but much work remained – it is to these two bishops that Exeter owes its Cathedral as it is today.
The curvature of the ribbed foot of the goblet is inspired by the moulded arches overhead in the longest Gothic vault in Christendom. These lofty arches rise from vaulting shafts, all carried by corbels which are enriched with naturalistic carvings. These have inspired the goblet’s stem.
Exeter’s well-loved Tumbler is balanced on the Cathedrals Coat of Arms. Next to him stands St Peter, to whom the cathedral is dedicated. On the other two sides are miniature sculptures of Moses and the Virgin and Child
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London 1975
This was the 12th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
In original white box with certificate, large detailed booklet with photo and original brown posting box
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Marked to base:
97/150 Four hallmarks – Shield with arms of Richard Fitzwilliam, seventh Viscount Fitzwilliam. The arms are lozengy, argent and gules. The motto beneath, Deo Juvante, is an abbreviated version of the full motto Deo adjuvante, nontimemdum.
Edition of: 150
Designer: Jocelyn Burton
Maker: Hector Miller
Sponsor’s Mark: JB
Weight: 12 oz
Height: 23 cm Cost new: £388
Booklet certificate signed by Lord Butler of Saffron Walden, Chairman the Fitzwilliam Museum Syndicate
Each cup is made from sixteen separately formed pieces of silver and set with five 8 carat cabochon topaz
1975 was a notable year in the history of the Fitzwilliam Museum The new extension was completed and the first exhibition held there was opened by Her Majesty the Queen Mother in July. The exhibition was Cambridge Plate spanning seven centuries including examples from their own collection and pieces on loan. This cup was included demonstrating that the arts of designing and making fine silver still flourishes.
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London 1982
Original Mulberry Hall Red Box and Photo and paperwaok
This was the 44th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base: 21/250
Edition: 250
Designer: Hector Miller
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 4.5oz
Height: 20.5 cm Cost new: £285 - £560 pair
Produced in honour of HRH The Princess of Wales and their son Prince William.
Stuart Crystal cup on a base set with three cultured pearls forming the centres of Welsh Poppy blooms rising from a circle of scallop shells. The Welsh Poppy blooms in June,when Prince William was born, and his birth gem is the pearl. Scallop Shells are the most conspicuous feature of the Spencer family’s coat of arms, now incorporated in the royal arms of The Prince of Wales.
(Mulberry Hall was a retailer of china and crystal in York for 60 years until it closed in 2016)
Sold by Aurum in normal brown card box - Sold by Mulberry Hall in their own red box
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| | London 1976
Original white box, certificate and leaflet
This was the 15th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER 11 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 676 MADE BY ORDER OF THE LORD BISHOP OF HEREFORD TO COMMEMORATE THE THIRTEENTH CENTENARY OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE DIOCESE IN 676
Certificate signed by John Hereford, Lord Bishop of Hereford
Edition of: 676
Designer: John Sutherland-Hawes
Maker: Hector Miller – Stuart Devlin Workshop
Maker's Mark: JSH
Weight: 11oz
Height: 16.5 cm Cost new: £158
Hereford Cathedral nave is supported by large majestic columns and theses inspire the weight and shape of the stem of the goblet. The decoration of the stem is inspired by the vigorous twelfth century carving on their capitals which are the rarest of the Cathedral’s works. The decoration at the top of the stem incorporates, at intervals, the five inverted chevrons of the Cathedral’s ancient arms. The more dominant leopard’s heads, canted and transfixed by fleur de lys, come from the arms of the Diocese and date from the thirteenth century.They are a legacy from Thomas de Cantilupe, Hereford’s bishop and, later, its saint. Their fearless aspect was not inappropriate for a man who would defy his king in a just cause, or a See which could only live by courage.
Goblet Number 1 was presented to HM The Queen by the Bishop of Hereford on her visit to distribute Maundy Money on 15th April 1976
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| | London 1985
This was the 52nd item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
Original brown box
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Certificate signed by Randolph Vigne, President of the Huguenot Society of London
Engraved to base:
NUMBER 105 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 500 MADE TO COMMEMORATE THE HUGUENOT TERCENTENARY 1985
Edition of: 500
Designer: Hector Miller & TimMinett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 10oz
Height: 17.5 cm
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| | 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 1978
This was the 24th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
---/500 *
Certificate signed by D C Dalton President
Edition of: 500
Designer: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 8 oz
Height: 10 cm Cost new: £235 (£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.
(This was only offered to purchasers of the Jersey Jug)
* The one currently for sale is numbered 32/100 - They had realised by now that they would not get orders for the full 500 so reduced the edition to 100
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| | London 1983
Original brown box, Certificate, Letters and large photo
This was the 45th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
KING’S COLLEGE CHAPEL GOBLET NUMBER 338 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 500
Certificate reads:
KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL GOBLET NUMBER 37 THIS CERTIFIES THAT THE ABOVE IS ONE OF THE SOLE LIMITED EDITION OF 500 GOBLETS COMMISSIONED BY THE PROVOST AND FELLOWS OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE IN 1983 TO COMMEMORATE THE RESTORATION OF KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL
Signed by Bernard Williams, PROVOST
Edition of: 500
Designer: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 6oz Cost new: £388 - £770 pair - £2300 for 6
The Royal Heraldic Beats surrounding the goblet's foot beneath the Founder's Crown stand in order of succession of the five kings they represent. The Lion of England present the Ostrich Feathers of Henry VI. For Edward IV, the Yorkist Sun in Splendour is held by the Bull of Clarence, through which he claimed the throne. Richard III's Boar holds the White Rose. The Crowned Portcullis with the Tudor Dragon is assigned to Henry VII and the Crowned Tudor Rose with the Beaufort Greyhound to Henry VIII
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| | London 1988
This was the 57th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
This one in original brown box with certificate, letter and leaflet
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER 230 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 500 MADE BY ORDER OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER TO COMMEMORATE THE 750TH ANNIVERSARY IN 1988 OF COMPLETION OF PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL
Certificate signed by Randolph Wise, Dean of Peterborough
Edition of: 500
Designed by: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 12oz
Height: 16.5 cm
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| | London 1984
This was the 48th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
This one in original brown box with letters and large photo
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44 TO COMMEMORATE THE BIRTH IN LONDON ON 15th SEPTEMBER 1984 OF HRH PRINCE HENRY CHARLES ALBERT DAVID THE SECOND CHILD OF HRH THE PRINCE & PRINCESS OF WALES
Edition of: 250
Designer: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 5oz
Height: 7.5 cm Cost new: £365 - £725 pair
The two cherubs holding a coronet is an accurate representation in miniature of the one reserved for the use of grand children of the Sovereign through the Heir Apparent: a circlet heightened with crosses paty, fleur-de-lys and strawberry leaves.
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In original Brown box with Tarnprufe roll
This was the 41st item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
234 TO COMMEMORATE THE BIRTH AND CHRISTENING OF PRINCE WILLIAM OF WALES BORN 21JUNE 1982 IN LONDON AND CHRISTENED 4 AUGUST AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, WILLIAM ARTHUR PHILLIP LOUIS
Edition of: 250
Designer: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 5oz
Width: 11 cm Cost New: £345
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| | London 1986
With certificate, photo & letters (no box)
This was the 54th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Certificate signed by Len Whiter, Director of Aurum Designs Limited
Edition of: 150
Designer: Hector Miller &Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 12oz
Height: 14 cm Cost new: £485 - £960 pair
Made to commemorate the City’s 11th Centenary. By tradition the city received its first charter from King Alfred in 886 in the form of a horn.. Every night of the year, without fail, a horn is blown four times in the city’s market place and then outside the house of the Mayor to set the ‘watch’. The cover is fashioned from blooms and foliage of the wild briar, here portrayed in a naturalistic style but, in its heraldic form, reminiscent of the Yorkshire Rose. There are eleven roses, one for each of Ripon’s centuries.
The first centrepiece was presented to the Queen Mother on her visit to Ripon on 1st June 1986
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| | London 1973
Booklet certificate - no box
This was the 6th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE BOWL 139 WITH THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMISSIONER AND IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE THIS BOWL HAS BEEN PRODUCED IN A LIMITED EDITION OF 500 TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY IN 1973 OF THE INCEPTION OF THE FORCE
(Repeated down the right hand side of the base in French)
Booklet certificate signed by William Leonard Higgitt, Commissioner
Edition of: 500
Designer: Hector Miller & Ian Ribbons
Maker: Hector Miller - Stuart Devlin Workshop
Sponsor’s Mark: Am
Weight: 30oz
Diameter: 18 cm Cost new: £196
The knob on the Bowl’s lid is the St Edward crown as used in the early badges of the original North West Mounted Police.
The relief frieze surrounding the bowl in 7 panels depicts: The first Commissioner, George French, leading his troops across the country in 1874; departure from Fort Dufferin, 8 July 1874; Manhandling guns on Pembina Mountains; Wagons fording Belly River; Assistant Commissioner Macleod and expedition passing Sioux camp; Food supplies almost exhausted and shooting bison; Fort Whoop-Up and Macleod finally meets Chief Crowfoot.
(I believe that less than 300 were actually produced) |
| | London 1979
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
Original brown box, certificate, letter and photo leaflet
This was the 27th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER 132 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 1500 MADE IN 1979 TO COMMEMORATE THE DIAMOND JUBILEE OF THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND
Certificate signed by Noel H Moynihan Chairman
Edition of: 1500
Designer: John Sutherland-Hawes & Tim Minett
Maker: Raymond Crisp
Sponsor’s Mark: Am
Weight: 7.25oz
Height: 11.3 cm Cost new: £182
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| | London 1984
This was the 47th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
Box, Booklet and Certificate
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NUMBER 316 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF FIVE HUNDRED PRODUCED BY ORDER OF THE LORD BISHOP OF SOUTHWELL FOR THE CENTENARY OF THE DIOCESE
Certificate signed by Denis Southwell, Lord Bishop of Southwell
Edition of: 500
Designer: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 8 oz
Height: 16.5 cm Cost new: £396 - £785 pair - £2350 for 6
Since 1108 Southwell Mister has been the mother church of Nottinghamshire and a cathedral since 1884. The bowl of the goblet is decorated with the Leaves of Southwell; this sober Norman building contains the most luxuriant and finest Gothic foliage carving in England. Leaves of various plants and trees can be found there, and the main ones are the Oak, Hawthorn and Ivy found here. Amongst the foliage can be seen the face of the Green Man, who became part of the symbolic language of the Church in the Middle Ages, although his origin goes back to pagan times. The three golden lines around the foot of the goblet make a dual heraldic allusion. Undulating lines, ‘wavy fesses’, are indicative of water in heraldry. They are a principal feature of in both the shield of Nottinghamshire, referring to the River Trent, and in the shield of the Diocese, recalling the three ancient wells which gave Southwell its name.
On the 19th April 1984 HRH The Queen made her first visit to the Minster and was presented with goblet number 1 by the Lord Bishop of Southwell.
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| | London 1975
Original white box, certificate, leaflet, letter and photo
This was the 11th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER 31 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 900 MADE BY ORDER OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL TO COMMEMORATE THE 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STONE IN 1675
Edition of: 900
Designer: Jocelyn Burton
Maker: Hector Miller – Stuart Devlin Workshop
Maker’s Mark: JB
Weight: 7oz
Diameter of Bowl: 11.5 cm Cost new: £94 - £186 pair - £370 x 4
Before starting the rebuilding of St Paul’s following the Great Fire, Christopher Wren stood on the empty site and called for a stone to mark the centre of the new building. A workman pulled a fragment of an old gravestone from the rubble and handed it to him: it was inscribed ‘Resurgem’ - ‘I shall rise again’. It had already been rebuilt three times and now for the fourth, like a phoenix from the ashes. Over the great south door of the completed cathedral stands the carved phoenix which he placed there, above the solitary word ‘Resurgem’.
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| | London 1982
Certificate - no box
This was the 42nd item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Certificate signed by John Hereford, Lord Bishop of Hereford.
Certificate reads:
Coaster Number ___ This certifies that the above is one of the sole limited edition of 400 Coasters commissioned from Aurum Designs of London to celebrate the 700th anniversary of St. Thomas of Hereford
Edition of: 400
Designer: John Sutherland-Hawes
Maker: Raymond Crisp
Sponsor’s Mark: JSH
Weight: 8.5oz
Diameter: 13.5 cm
The vigorous carving on the capitals of the twelfth century pillars which flank the cathedrals nave have inspired the coaster’s silver gallery. Its whorls of Norman tracery have been interwoven with the leopard’s heads of Cantilupe. Three leopards’ heads, reversed and transfixed with fleur de lys, formed the coat of arms of St Thomas Cantilupe, and became the Arms of the Diocese, adorn the centre of the coaster.
(On original order form these were available either in silver or silver full-gilt.)
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| | London 1977
Original Box, certificate, leaflet and letters
This was the 19th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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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 1977
Original Box, certificates , leaflet and letters
This was the 19th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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NUMBER 560/561 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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Box & Certificate
This was the 26th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER 148 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: 8oz
Diameter of Bowl: 11.5 cm Cost new: £182
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| | London 1979
Certificate & Original Brown box
This was the 25th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER 829 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 900 BY ORDER OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER TO COMMEMORATE THE NINTH CENTENARY OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL IN 1979
Booklet certificate signed by Michael Stancliffe, Dean of Winchester
Edition of: 900
Designer: Hector Miller & John Sutherlnd-Hawes & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 13oz
Height: 16.5 cm Cost new: £276 - £550 pair - £1644 x 6
The 9 Figures around the stem are: King Alfred; St Swithun; Bishop Walkelin; William Kingsmill; Mary Tudor; William of Wykeham; a Benedictine Monk; William Walker, a diver who saved the foundations and a Mason
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| | London 1982
This was the 39th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Edition of: 600
Designer: Hector Miller
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Height: 33 cm
Weight of silver: 4.5 oz
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| | London 1972
Box, Leaflet and Certificate
This was the 1st item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER 215 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: 15 oz
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)
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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 727 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.
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| | London 1972
Boxed pair with certificates - box marked
This was the 2nd item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER--- 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.
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| | London 1989
Fully Hallmarked Silver
Sterling (925)
This was the 58th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
In original box with certificate
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Engraved to base:
NUMBER 388 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 500 MADE BY ORDER OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF YORK TO COMMEMORATE THE RESTORATION OF YORK MINSTER FOLLOWING THE GREAT FIRE OF 9TH JULY 1984
Certificate signed by John Southgate, Dean of York
Edition of: 500
Designer: Hector Miller & Tim Minett
Maker: Hector Miller
Maker’s Mark: HM
Weight: 8oz (silver base)
Height: 25 cm Cost New: £445
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