Gold box designed by Robert Godden RDI and made by Messrs, Asprey & Co. Ltd. The box and cypher and coronet are made of yellow gold,the lid is inlaid with bands of white gold and the surrounding garland, which is made up of the four national emblems, is in green and red gold.
Gold box designed by Robert Godden RDI and made by Messrs, Asprey & Co. Ltd. The box and cypher and coronet are made of yellow gold,the lid is inlaid with bands of white gold and the surrounding garland, which is made up of the four national emblems, is in green and red gold.
Gold box designed by Robert Godden RDI and made by Messrs, Asprey & Co. Ltd. The box and cypher and coronet are made of yellow gold,the lid is inlaid with bands of white gold and the surrounding garland, which is made up of the four national emblems, is in green and red gold.
The Badge commissioned by the Council in the late 1970's. First worn by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh on 5th December 1979 when he presided at the Design Management Symposium. The Badge is made of 18 carat yellow, white and red gold, showing a formalized image of the Society's House as its centrepiece surrounded by four curved panels on which are engraved the words 'President / Royal Society / of Arts'. Four pearls are set at the diagonal points of the design and the concave rims between the panels and the picture are pierced with tiny slots. The oval plaque at the head of the badge bears a charge derived form Prince Philip's coat-of-arms encircled by the Garter and surmounted by a Princely diadem.\n\nThe badge was designed by Professor R Y Godden RDI (who also designed the badges worn by the Chairman of Council and the Master of the Faculty of RDIs), made by Mr John Donald and engraved by Mr George Lukes.
Drawn from life in the year of the Prince's betrothal to Queen Victoria. Drawing presented to the Society by Sir Hilary Blood, Chairman of Council, 1963-65
As well as various standing committees (see individual entries for Mechanics Committee, Polite Arts Committee, Agriculture Committee, Committee of Colonies and Trade and Chemistry Committee) the Society regularly set up ad-hoc committees to discuss a broad range of topics concerned with the programme and administration of the Society. These include the Committee of Correspondence and Papers and the Committee of Miscellaneous Matters\n\nRecords include minutes of the diverse committees and correspondence to the members of the committees. Correspondence in this section is mainly administrative or on topics which could not be covered by the main subject committees.
The main correspondence relating to the committees is included in the Guard Books