Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross

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British Crown Jewel ceremonial sceptre regalia

The Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross is a ceremonial royal sceptre of the British Crown Jewels, most famous for containing the Cullinan I diamond and being held by the monarch during coronations.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross canonical 9
Royal Sceptre with Cross 1
Sovereign's Sceptre 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Crown Jewel ⓘ
ceremonial sceptre ⓘ
regalia ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross ⓘ
surface form: Royal Sceptre with Cross

Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross ⓘ
surface form: Sovereign's Sceptre
associatedWith British monarchy ⓘ
Church of England ⓘ
collection Jewel House ⓘ
contains Cullinan I ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdFor Charles II of England ⓘ
surface form: King Charles II
creator Royal goldsmiths of Charles II ⓘ
decorativeStyle Baroque ⓘ
exhibitedAt Jewel House ⓘ
surface form: Jewel House at the Tower of London
hasPart Cullinan I ⓘ
cross ⓘ
enamel decoration ⓘ
gold shaft ⓘ
jewelled mounts ⓘ
heldInRightHandOf sovereign during coronation ⓘ
inception 1661 ⓘ
length approximately 92.2 centimetres ⓘ
location Tower of London ⓘ
material amethysts ⓘ
diamonds ⓘ
emeralds ⓘ
enamel ⓘ
gold ⓘ
rubies ⓘ
sapphires ⓘ
modified 1910 ⓘ
modifiedFor setting of Cullinan I ⓘ
notableFeature set with the Cullinan I diamond ⓘ
surmounted by a cross ⓘ
ownedBy Crown Estate ⓘ
monarch in right of the Crown ⓘ
partOf Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom ⓘ
securityStatus highly protected national treasure ⓘ
significance symbol of good governance ⓘ
symbol of temporal power of the monarch ⓘ
usedBy British monarch ⓘ
sovereign of the United Kingdom ⓘ
usedFor coronation of the British monarch ⓘ
usedIn British coronation ceremony ⓘ
Coronation of Charles III ⓘ
surface form: Coronation of King Charles III

coronation of Queen Elizabeth II ⓘ
surface form: Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
weight approximately 1.17 kilograms ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

coronation of Queen Elizabeth II → usedRegalia → Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross ⓘ
Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross → alsoKnownAs → Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Sceptre with Cross
Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross → alsoKnownAs → Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sovereign's Sceptre
Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross ⓘ
Coronation of Charles III → usesObject → Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross ⓘ
Coronation of George I → usedRegalia → Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross ⓘ
lying-in-state of Elizabeth II → coffinAdornedWith → Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross ⓘ
Cullinan I → partOf → Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross ⓘ
Sceptre with the Cross → alsoKnownAs → Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross ⓘ
Jewel House → exhibits → Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross ⓘ
Waterloo Block → houses → Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross ⓘ