The Conway Stewart Westminster Limited Edition
Westminster Palace is one of the United Kingdom's most significant buildings. Not only is it a tourist attraction due to it's wonderful architecture, it is also a grand landmark of much of the country's history.
Following Westminster's mediaeval palace destroyal by a fire on 16 October 1834, it was more than 30 years before the construction of the new Palace of Westminster was complete. The building itself was designed by Charles Barry, while Augustus Welby Pugin was responsible for every aspect of the interiors, as well as for creating working drawings of all the exterior details. It is in the Gothic style which makes it look older than it actually is.
Augustus Welby Pugin was the foremost British architect of the 19th century. He was heavily influenced by his father, who shared his profound love of medieval Gothic architecture. Pugin is today considered to be the chief figure in the revival of Gothic design. Although he was heavily criticized by many in the Victorian era, he maintained that the structure of the building itself should be the base from which the decoration was evolved in a clear and honest way.
Conway Stewart draws the design inspiration for the detailed engraving on the cap and barrel from the work of Pugin featured on the exterior walls of the Palace of Westminster itself.
The small diamond shaped recesses that cover the cap and barrel are based on similar decorative detail on the outside of the Palace. The tiny oak leaves in the recesses are a symbol of England, whose mighty oak forests built the navy and made Britain a maritime nation, spreading the ideas of democracy from the Mother of Parliaments around the World.
The unenameled oxidized borders were partly drawn from other elements of the structure of the building and recreated in a flowing frieze that unites the design as a whole. The use of a deep rich color in the enamel with striking contrasts is true to the gothic style. It gives emphasis and depth to the low relief. This is known as Basse Taille enameling.
Both the cap and barrel of the Westminster edition are meticulously crafted out of solid sterling silver, bearing the English hallmark.
100 numbered pieces available in fountain pen or roller ball.
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