JOCELYN BURTON (BRITISH 1946-2020) FOR AURUM §
PAIR OF 'FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM' CLARET CUPS, 1975
£756
Auction: Modern Made Day 2 - Lots 124 to 456 - Friday 02 May at 10:30
Description
numbered 92/150 and 111/150, stamped maker's mark, hallmarked for London 1975, and with Fitzwilliam crest (to the underneath), silver, gilt and cabochon topaz stones
Dimensions
each 23cm high (9in high), total weight 791 grms. (2)
Provenance
The Estate of Jocelyn Burton.
Footnote
The goblets were marketed by Aurum to raise funds for the Fitzwilliam Museum. Jocelyn drew inspiration for the Fitzwilliam Cup from Anglo-Saxon chalices. “I liked the simple, elegant concept, which I felt captured the simplicity of the 1970s,” she explained, adding, “One of the things that has always made my work unusual is the use of semi-precious stones in large pieces of silver.”
Jocelyn Burton quoted in John Andrews and Derek Styles, Designer British Silver, from studios established 1930-1985, Antique Collectors' Club, 2014, p. 124.