Caius Bearder Design

12 Toasting Cups

Sterling silver, gold plating. Hand spun, hand engraved.<br>This piece was commissioned for a family to use at gatherings. Each cup has a unique number in the centre of the hand engraved pattern, representing the individual member of the family. As the years pass, the cups are to be handed down from generation to generation, coming together as a set at family events and being uniquely linked to each of the original 12 members.

A Good Catch Brooch

Sterling silver, hand chased, hand engraved.<br>This brooch features a proud puffin with its catch of sand eels, featuring a sunset vista over the sea engraved on the reverse.

A View from the Asterix

Sterling silver, gold plated. Hand spun, hand engraved. Rosewood lining. <br><br>This box is inspired by the wreck of the Asterix, a Roman shipping vessel which was found emerging from the seabed in the waters outside of Guernsey’s harbour. The box features kinetic fish, which swim over a hand-engraved watery surface. Under that lies a rosewood lining inspired by the timber of the lost ship emerging from the sand.<br><br>Bronze Award for Junior Small Worker’s Design Category, GCDC 2025<br><br>Bronze Award for Junior Small Worker’s Craft Category, GCDC 2025

Fish Head Beaker

Britannia Silver, gold gilding. Hand chased, hand engraved.<br><br>This playful beaker is hand raised from a sheet of Britannia silver, then chased into the shape of a mackerel’s head, mouth open, ready to catch its prey. <br><br>Bronze Award for Junior Chaser’s Category, GCDC 2025

Sea State Cups

Sterling silver, gold plated. Hand spun, hand engraved.<br><br>These cups depict the different states of the sea- tranquil and flat at first, then rising into a swirling storm. <br><br>Silver Award for Junior Engravers Craft Category, GCDC 2024

Six Streams Brooch

Sterling silver, gold plating. Hand engraved.<br><br>This brooch depicts six streams of golden water coming together in a spiralling pool between rocky cliffs.<br>

Tempest Carafe

Sterling silver, gold plated, African blackwood stand. Hand spun, hand engraved.<br><br>The Tempest Carafe is fully covered with engraved patterns, creating the illusion of movement as the light swims across the twisting waves from the base towards the rim, contrasting the smooth dark surface of its wooden stand.