A replica of Henry VIII's royal crown

[Goldsmith]

Check out this video; http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/vi...is-crown-video
It is about Hampton Court's commission for a replica crown of HenryVIII, the original was destroyed by Oliver Cromwell when he came to power.
A couple of my friends, David Stevens and Graham Harling of David Graham Goldsmiths, were the craftsmen who made this replica, although they do not get any credits in this film. The crown had to be made using traditional methods as used by goldsmiths in the 16th century.

James

[Goldsmith]

I miss typed the thread title as it should read Henry VIII's royal crown and not Henry VII's royal crown, sorry but I don't know how to edit the thread title.

James

[ps_bond]

I'm not sure if you can - it's under "thread tools", "edit thread" for me though so it's sorted.

What a fantastic project to be involved in! I'm slightly surprised at the stones - are there no facetted stones there? And were the setting soldered on or rivetted?

[Goldsmith]

I'm not sure if you can - it's under "thread tools", "edit thread" for me though so it's sorted.

What a fantastic project to be involved in! I'm slightly surprised at the stones - are there no facetted stones there? And were the setting soldered on or rivetted?

Thanks for the editing Peter,
The only visual records of this crown are on old oil paintings.
The stone settings had small lengths of tubes soldered sideways onto the setting's back plates, then they were fitted into square holes so that they didn't revolve, and finally when fitting they had pins pushed through the tube holes to secure the settings in place. Some settings had U shapes solder on their backs which were also pushed through square holes before being spread open to secure the settings. I don't think there were any facetted stones used, only cabs and pearls.

James

[sonia]

Fascinating James

Thank you.

Sonia
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[solitarysmagick]

Stunning piece of work.. if only I could be that good one day