Editing Anglia knight

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[[File:Knight crop.JPG|thumb|The 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 racing|horse races]], [[falconry]] and other [[sport]]s.  The trophy weighs over 700 troy [[ounce]]s (22&nbsp;kg, 48&nbsp;lbs) and is modelled on the [[Richard Coeur de Lion (statue)|statue of Richard I]]{{dub|"The statue was first produced in clay and displayed at The Great Exhibition in 1851"|date=August 2021}} outside the [[Palace of Westminster]], but was intended to represent the [[Black Prince]].

Arguably its most famous use was as the symbol of [[ITV Anglia|Anglia Television]], the [[ITV Network|ITV]] station for the East of England, from launch in 1959 until 1988. Shortly before the station's launch, its chairman, [[George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend|Lord Townshend]], had spotted the trophy at the [[Bond Street]] jewellers, [[Asprey]], and purchased it almost on impulse; Asprey subsequently added the "Anglia" [[pennon]] to the [[lance]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teletronic.co.uk/pages/history_of_itv_11.html|title=Teletronic &#124; The History of ITV - Anglia Television|website=www.teletronic.co.uk|accessdate=May 11, 2020}}</ref>

The silver statue was Anglia's original [[television ident|ident]].<ref name=TVARKidents>{{cite web|last=Barnes|first=Steve|title=Idents|url=http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/itveast/idents.html|work=Anglia Television|publisher=TVARK|access-date=3 September 2011|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401122748/http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/itveast/idents.html|archive-date=1 April 2012|df=dmy-all}} Contains videos of Anglia Television's idents received from VHS recordings and from the company itself.</ref> At the end, the camera zoomed in on the pennon which showed the station's name. An arrangement by [[Malcolm Sargent]], of Handel's ''[[Water Music (Handel)|Water Music]]'' was played over the film.<ref name=TVARKidents/> 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''.<ref name=TVARKidents/> 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.<ref name=TVARKidents/>

On 21 March 1988, the knight was replaced by a new identity.<ref>(Norfolk) Evening Star. Tuesday 22 March 1988 "Exit the knight who has had his day..."</ref> It made brief reappearances in 1999 and 2009 to celebrate Anglia's 40th and 50th anniversaries.

The trophy is usually displayed at ITV Anglia reception at Anglia House in [[Norwich]]. It was on loan to the [[Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell]] until 5 October 2019 as part of an exhibition celebrating life in Norwich in 1959.

The logo for [[Anglian Home Improvements]] also depicts a knight on horseback.

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