Our Stories
Insignia for the Crown and for a private order, pens, a trophy, a brooch. Each was made by hand, for one occasion, and each has a story worthy of the piece.
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2024
An order founded in 2024
A circle inside the Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club Switzerland founded its own order, and wanted insignia that would carry the authority of the state pieces they had seen.
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2023
The pen that was made in a week
Just one week before the coronation, Cleave received a call from the palace to create a pen for His Majesty King Charles III.
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2023
The King’s and Queen’s Messenger badges
The badge a King’s Messenger carries traces to Charles II in exile. We drew the change from Queen’s Messengers to King’s Messengers in 2023.
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2023
The Lieutenancy badges
Cleave has been involved in the Lieutenancy badges since the re-design of 2003, and again with His Majesty The King in 2023.
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2018
RAF Centenary Trophy
Made for the centenary of the Royal Air Force, and given as the trophy for a new annual award first presented in 2018.
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2012
The bouquet Her Majesty carried
For the Diamond Jubilee of 2012, the coronation bouquet was rebuilt as an articulated brooch in white gold and diamonds, and presented in a rock crystal box.
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2007
The Garter Star made for the thousandth Knight Companion
Queen Elizabeth II appointed Cleave to produce a new Garter Star for Prince William, who entered the Order’s register as its thousandth Knight Companion.
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Undated
The Order given for personal service to the Sovereign
The Royal Victorian Order is in the Monarch’s own gift. We design, make and supply its insignia across all five grades, together with the Chancery items that go with them.
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Undated
The Silk Road Pen, one of three ever made
A pen carrying the road between Palmyra and Xi’an, hand-painted in vitreous enamel, commissioned to mark a company’s journey from Greater Syria to China.
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Undated
The pen with the Thames running round the barrel
Six landmarks run round the barrel in enamel, from Battersea Power Station to Big Ben. The pen was used to commemorate the sale of the Ritz London.
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