A SILVER-GILT SALT COMMEMORATING THE BIRTH OF PRINCE WILLIAM...
Hammer
£380
A SILVER-GILT SALT COMMEMORATING THE BIRTH OF PRINCE WILLIAM, PRESENTED TO THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF SHIPWRIGHTS
by Hector Miller for Aurum Silver, cast in the form of a Welsh dragon holding a cultured pearl and supporting a scallop shell, numbered 89 of an edition of 250, London hallmarks for 1982 -- 2¾in. (7cm.) high, 193g.; together with a silver goblet by Jocelyn Burton also for Aurum Silver commemorating the 400th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone for St. Paul's Cathedral, numbered 221 of 600, the stem modelled in silver-gilt after the phoenix that sits atop the cathedral's dome -- 6¼in. (16cm.) high, 316g., contained within plush-lined box of issue
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The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, presented by Mr. J.A. Hobbs, 1997 (salt) and G. R. Newman (Prime Warden 1988-1989) in memory of J.A. Billmeir, CBE, September 1981 (goblet).
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Hammer
£380
A SILVER-GILT SALT COMMEMORATING THE BIRTH OF PRINCE WILLIAM, PRESENTED TO THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF SHIPWRIGHTS
by Hector Miller for Aurum Silver, cast in the form of a Welsh dragon holding a cultured pearl and supporting a scallop shell, numbered 89 of an edition of 250, London hallmarks for 1982 -- 2¾in. (7cm.) high, 193g.; together with a silver goblet by Jocelyn Burton also for Aurum Silver commemorating the 400th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone for St. Paul's Cathedral, numbered 221 of 600, the stem modelled in silver-gilt after the phoenix that sits atop the cathedral's dome -- 6¼in. (16cm.) high, 316g., contained within plush-lined box of issue
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The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, presented by Mr. J.A. Hobbs, 1997 (salt) and G. R. Newman (Prime Warden 1988-1989) in memory of J.A. Billmeir, CBE, September 1981 (goblet).
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