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We are excited to reveal that we are the manufacturers of the new FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup.  Working with the team at WORKS to bring their design to life in gold plated sterling silver has been a challenging but fun project for our team of silversmiths, as it incorporated a combination of new technologies […]

We were immensely proud to recently produce a number of Sterling silver England Cricket Caps, which have been presented to some legends of the game, as can be seen in the ECB’s video post here The caps, handmade in Sterling silver in our Kent based workshops, have been produced to mark the milestone of an England

One of the major projects we carried out recently was the refurbishment of a 4 storey staircase balustrade on the superyacht M/Y ACE. This involved removing the staircase from the yacht whilst it was docked in Barcelona, stripping and refinishing the balustrade and silver plating it, before returning it to Barcelona to re-install it. Up

We were proud to have recently supplied the sterling silver presentation piece, produced to mark the milestone of Stuart Broad’s 500th Test wicket.  The piece, which was commissioned by the England & Wales Cricket Board, features a silver stump, ball and bail, together with an engraved list of every Test match together with the various

We always enjoy working with our trade clients on their bespoke silver commissions. The majority of our trade clients tend to be located in the UK, so it was a nice challenge to work with a company located on the other side of the world.  As mentioned on an earlier blog post, last year we

The wellbeing of our staff remains our top priority and we are ensuring that all safety precautions and social distancing measures are being observed at all times.

Following UK Government direction, we are pleased to confirm that Ottewill Silversmiths are back open and manufacturing again. The wellbeing of our staff remains our top priority and we are ensuring that all safety precautions and social distancing measures are being observed at all times. As a result, there will be a slightly reduced number

Ottewill Silversmiths are proud to have manufactured a new verge for Westminster Abbey. The piece was used for the first time on 15th October by the Dean’s Verger, Martin Castledine. The special service, to celebrate the 750th Anniversary of the re-building of the Abbey, was attended by Her Majesty The Queen.​​The commission by Westminster Abbey

We are excited to have recently completed work on our first E-Sports trophies. Working closely with DesignStudio who produced the original artwork as well as Riot Games themselves, we have produced a set of 3 bespoke aluminium awards with a nickel plate and contrasting black anodised finish. The awards were presented at this summer’s League

We were very pleased to see the Ahuwhenua Trophy replica being presented for the first time at the launch of the Ahuwhenua Horticulture Competition for 2020 during Horticulture New Zealand’s Gala dinner.  Working closely with The Village Goldsmiths, based in Wellington, New Zealand, we replicated an existing trophy from measurements, patterns and sketches of the

One of our newest commissions was unveiled last week during the graduation ceremonies of the University of East London.  We are very proud to have been commissioned to supply the University’s new Ceremonial Mace, Chancellor’s Badge of Office and Vice Chancellor’s Badge of Office.  Made in Sterling silver gilt, the Badges of Office incorporate various

We are very proud to have been commissioned by the King’s Cup organising committee to produce the new King’s Cup trophy, being raced for this week at Henley Royal Regatta, in commemoration of the centenary of the 1919 Royal Henley Peace Regatta. The cup, shown here and officially unveiled yesterday, will be awarded to the

We have just uploaded a new YouTube video to our channel here showing the making of the ‘Blind Leading the Blind’ centrepiece which was commissioned by the Officers’ Mess of the Defence CBRN Centre to mark 100 years of counter chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear training at Winterbourne Gunner.

We were pleasantly surprised to see an article about our recent ICC Cricket World Cup replica trophy commission in one of our trade’s most important publications, Benchpeg.

Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes to bring a trophy design into reality? Here’s a behind the scenes video showing how we created three new trophies presented for the first time at last year’s Henley Royal Regatta. It was such an enjoyable project to be involved in because we got to work very closely with

We’re excited to reveal the launch film for our most recent trophy commissions, the FIBA Under 19 Men’s and Women’s World Cups which have just been announced. Once again working closely with Works Ltd on the design concepts. The trophies have been made in our Kent workshops in Sterling silver gilt with black and white

Along with our commission to supply the ‘Racing at Dubai’ trophies for the 2019 season at Meydan Racecourse, Dubai Racing Club also commissioned us to supply trophies for the Winning Owner, Winning Trainer and Winning Jockey for their 2019 Dubai World Cup Carnival series of races as shown in the winner’s podium photo below.

We are very proud to have been chosen to supply the trophies for the ‘Racing at Meydan’ series of races taking place throughout the 2019 season at the spectacular Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. All trophies were designed and produced in our Kent based workshop. Photos courtesy of Dubai Racing Club/ Erika Rasmussen

We were pleased to be asked by Red Bull to create the trophies to be presented at the recent Red Bull Switch Up netball tournament taking place at the Copper Box in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London this month. Produced in silver plated aluminium and acrylic, the trophies incorporate the distinctive event logo with

This weekend saw the presentation of the second ARX trophy we’ve made for IMG for presentation at the World RX SA. Here’s Conner Martell during the presentation of the Sterling silver trophy, which has been handmade in our Ashford Kent based workshop. 

It was great to see Scott Speed lifting the new trophy as inaugural champion of the ARX Rallycross Championship. The trophy, designed and handmade in Sterling silver in our Ashford based workshops, was recently commissioned by sports management company IMG ready for the deciding race of the season.  We hope you’ll agree that it’s an

We are very proud to have been commissioned by the International Cricket Council to produce the replica ICC Cricket World Cup trophy in preparation for next year’s event taking place in England and Wales. An exciting addition for this particular project is the fact that the ICC filmed behind the scenes in our workshop to

It was great to see the USA Team celebrating with the new FIBA Women’s U17 Basketball World Cup after beating France in yesterday’s final taking place in Belarus. Produced in Sterling silver gilt and enamel, the piece was made in our Kent workshop, once again in collaboration with The Works Limited who supplied the design. 

The London Assay Office has written a short article going ‘behind the scenes’ during the hallmarking of our recently produced trophies from Henley Royal Regatta. It’s an interesting read and can be viewed here.​

Sunday was an exciting day for us here at Ottewill. It was the day we would see the trophies we had been creating over many months be presented at this year’s Henley Royal Regatta.  As mentioned previously, we had been commissioned to make 3 new trophies for the Regatta for the Stonor Challenge Trophy, Town

It was a busy weekend for Ottewill made trophies. Another of our recent commissions, the FIBA U17 Men’s World Cup, was being played for in Argentina on Sunday. Produced in Sterling silver gilt and enamel from designs produced by The Works Limited, this piece was won by the USA Team. 

We are excited and proud to reveal we have designed and produced 3 new trophies for the Henley Royal Regatta.  The Town Challenge Cup, the Hambleden Pairs Challenge Cup and the Stonor Challenge Trophy, each having been hand made in our Kent workshop, will be awarded to the winners of the women’s events that were

We can now proudly reveal that we have recently been commissioned to produce the new World Cup trophies for both the Men’s and Women’s FIBA U17 Basketball World Cups. Working closely with the design team at Works Ltd, we produced the pieces in Sterling silver gilt with black and white enamel infill, creating a pair

Ottewill are investing in the next generation. They currently have two bound apprentices. Will Sullivan and Lewis Towens are following centuries of others who have been bound apprentices of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. In a ceremony dating back 700 years, apprentices are appointed a Master Craftsperson and learn the age-old skills of the Silversmith

Ottewill Silversmiths have had the pleasure of designing and manufacturing a wonderful Chalice and Paten for the Royal Engineers based at Brompton Barracks, Chatham for King’s Chapel Gibraltar. Their long association was being celebrated with this gift presented to Father Mark Jackson at the end of November. Representatives of the Corps of the Royal Engineers travelled to