Anglia knight

The Anglia knight is a sterling silver trophy commissioned by William III of the Netherlands in 1850 for the Falcon Club, a society that met once a year to compete in horse races, falconry and other sports.

The trophy weighs over 700 troy ounces (22 kg, 48 lbs) and is modelled on the statue of Richard I[dubious – discuss] outside the Palace of Westminster, but was intended to represent the Black Prince.

Arguably its most famous use was as the symbol of Anglia Television, the ITV station for the East of England, from launch in 1959 until 1988.

[2] The logo became so closely identified with the station that when Anglia produced a book to mark its fortieth anniversary in 1999, it was entitled A Knight On The Box.

[2] With the introduction of colour television on ITV in November 1969 (although not in the Anglia region until October 1970), the ident was remade with constant lighting, and the knight rotating on a turntable – a longer version of the ident was used at the start of the day's transmission until the mid 1980s.