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Centenary Cup, designed by John Monteith Gates in collaboration with Don Weir, was hand fashioned of clear crystal by Steuben Glass at Corning, New York. The centenary of the Corning Glass Works, founded in 1851, was commemorated by the opening of the Corning Glass Center, dedicated to the history of art, science and industry of glassmaking. Corning Glass commissioned this commemorative cup in honour of the long relationship which has existed between the arts and industries of Britain and America

Prize of a gold medal and £500 offered 'A means of promoting the production or the economic utilization of food in Britain'. Awarded to Dr. Ronald Edgar Slade for a scheme for two systems of farming, one for grassland and the other for arable land

Prize of a gold medal and £500 offered 'A means of promoting the production or the economic utilization of food in Britain'. Awarded to Dr. Ronald Edgar Slade for a scheme for two systems of farming, one for grassland and the other for arable land

Centenary Cup, designed by John Monteith Gates in collaboration with Don Weir, was hand fashioned of clear crystal by Steuben Glass at Corning, New York. The centenary of the Corning Glass Works, founded in 1851, was commemorated by the opening of the Corning Glass Center, dedicated to the history of art, science and industry of glassmaking. Corning Glass commissioned this commemorative cup in honour of the long relationship which has existed between the arts and industries of Britain and America

RSA/PR/GE/107/19/44 · Item · 15/12/1954
Part of Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)

The reception was the culmination of the celebrations held in connection with the Bicentenary. Sir William Reid Dick, winner of the 1948 Albert Medal, and Lady Reid Dick being presented to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh at the Society's bicentenary reception in 1954

RSA/PR/GE/107/19/46 · Item · 15/12/1954
Part of Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)

The reception was the culmination of the celebrations held in connection with the Bicentenary. Guests in the photos include HRH The Duke of Edinburgh; Earl of Radnor, former Chairman; Kenneth Luckhurst, Secretary; Ernest Goodale, former Chairman; E Munro Runtz, Chairman; Sir Edward Crowe; Sir Alfred Bossom; Sir Frank Brown