AURUM Silver ' St PAUL ' S CATHEDRAL ' Goblet Designed By JOCELYN BURTON 1975
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:32360 | Product: Goblet |
| Pattern: Jocelyn Burton | Style: Post-War Design |
| Composition: Solid Silver | Age: Post-1940 |
| Brand: Aurum Designs |
LIMITED EDITION Silver goblet by AURUM DESIGNS designed by JOCELYN BURTON and made by HECTOR MILLER in STUART DEVLIN'S workshop.London 1975 Height: 16 cm Weight: 296 gms Cost new in 1975 £127This was the 10th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum DesignsEngraved to base: NUMBER 131 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 600 MADE BY ORDER OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF ST PAUL’S TO COMMEMORATE THE 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE CATHEDR...AL IN 1675Before 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’.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' (We always have an extensive stock of Aurum silver)
