AURUM Silver ' St PAUL ' S CATHEDRAL ' Bowl Designed By JOCELYN BURTON 1975
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:5773 | Product: Bowls |
| Pattern: Mid Century Modern | Style: Jocelyn Burton |
| Composition: Solid Silver | Age: Post-1940 |
| Brand: Aurum Designs |
London 1975 - This was the 11th item of 59 made for John Sutherland-Hawes' Aurum DesignsEngraved to base:NUMBER 354 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 1675Edition of: 900Designer: &n...bsp; Jocelyn BurtonMaker: Hector Miller – (Made in Stuart Devlin's Workshop)Maker’s Mark: JBWeight: 244 gmsDiameter of Bowl: 11.5 cm Cost new: £94 - £186 pair - £370 x 4Before 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)
