The Coronation Spoon

This extraordinarily lavish piece of cutlery is the oldest part of the British Crown Jewels and survived the regicidal atmosphere of the English Civil War

The Crown Jewels are the most famous of their kind and form the centrepiece of the coronation of a new sovereign. This glittering ceremony has been held in Westminster Abbey for every king and queen of England, apart from Edward V and Edward VIII, since Harold II in 1066. Everyone is familiar with the crown, orb and sceptre but although they may appear aged in appearance, they are comparatively young in origin, dating from the restoration of Charles II in 1660. The original Crown Jewels were destroyed under the orders of Oliver Cromwell, following the execution of Charles I in 1649, as they were considered redundant after the establishment of the republican Commonwealth. Many of these lost pieces were Anglo-Saxon or Medieval in origin and included the crowns of Alfred…

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