A full size copper St Paul's Cathedral communion chalice maquette by H.G. Murphy, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, 1934, stepped domed base with knopped stem and flaring bowl, stamped and cast in low relief with panels of geometric banding, and an H.G. Murphy gilt metal Gothic Revival chalice, unmarked, 31.5cm. high, (2)
Provenance
H.G. Murphy (1884-1939), and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Paul Atterbury and John Benjamin, The Jewellery and Silver of H.G. Murphy, Antique Collectors' Club, 2005,
page 162 for this example illustrated below an illustration of the silver set designed by Lutyens and made by H.G. Murphy in 1934 for St Paul's Cathedral.