AURUM Silver ' CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL ' Goblet Designed By DESMOND CLEN - MURPHY 1976
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:1960734 | Product: Goblet |
| Composition: Solid Silver | Style: Mid century modern |
| Brand: Aurum Designs | Age: Post-1940 |
Limited Edition silver 'Chichester Cathedral' goblet designed by DESMOND CLEN-MURPHY and made by HECTOR MILLER in STUART DEVLIN's workshop with certificate signed by Walter Hussey, Dean of Chichester
This was the 13th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
Engraved to base:NUMBER 258 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 1075Height: 16....8 cm Weight: 342 gms Cost new in 1976: £164 each - £325 pair - £972 x 6The 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 bya 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)
For more information on AURUM DESIGNS see entry in my book: 'Designer British Silver from studios established 1930-1985 by Derek Styles and John Andrew' (Large selection of AURUM always kept in stock)
This was the 13th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum Designs
Engraved to base:NUMBER 258 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 1075Height: 16....8 cm Weight: 342 gms Cost new in 1976: £164 each - £325 pair - £972 x 6The 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 bya 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)
For more information on AURUM DESIGNS see entry in my book: 'Designer British Silver from studios established 1930-1985 by Derek Styles and John Andrew' (Large selection of AURUM always kept in stock)
