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Over the course of 99 years, its fixtures and structure grew perilously wobbly, necessitating a new model being created for King George VI’s Coronation in May 1937 by Garrard & Co, who had assumed the role of Crown Jewellers. The Imperial State Crown in its modern form was created for Queen Victoria’s Coronation in 1838 by then-Crown Jewellers Rundell, Bridge & Rundell. Handwritten note ('Points to be made') for a broadcast interview (1 page) The unique lot also contains ephemera, memorabilia, notes from a BBC Radio broadcast about the Crown’s preparation and a Coronation medal awarded to Goodship for his meticulous work. The silver pieces that Goodship removed from the Crown during its resizing are now being offered for sale from this royal jeweller’s personal collection, for the very first time.
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In 1953, Harold Philip Goodship was foreman diamond mounter to the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, Crown Jewellers, who were commissioned to prepare the Crown for Elizabeth II’s Coronation, on behalf of Garrard & Co Jewellers. In Sotheby’s Royal and Noble auction, 5-17 January, an extraordinary piece of history comes to market in the form of two fragments from the Imperial State Crown itself. Royal memorabilia from the Imperial State Crown (left) Coronation Medal, silver, with portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right on obverse, royal cipher with legend (“Queen Elizabeth II Crowned 2nd June 1953”) on the reverse dark red ribbon with two blue stripes original red box with accompanying letter, awarding the medal to Harold Philip Goodship (right) Two pieces removed from the headband of the Imperial State Crown during alterations undertaken prior the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II