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Lot 168

A collection of seventeen vintage style Sterling silver necklace and pendants

Lot 169

A collection of seventeen sterling silver necklaces

Lot 170

A jewellery box containing sterling silver and white metal jewellery

Lot 176

An 1887 Crown together with six other silver coins (7)

Lot 183

A collection of silver and white metal jewellery

Lot 185

A silver and enamel medal for the Caledonian society of Johannesburg

Lot 206

Three boxed pieces of Hot Diamonds silver jewellery; bangle, pendant on chain and pair of earrings

Lot 207

Three pieces of continental silver; windmill, bridge and junk boat, together with two silver thimbles

Lot 214

A Georgian silver sherry decanter label, London 1824

Lot 216

A group of silver including glove stretchers, shoe horns etc

Lot 218

Two Scottish silver brooches and a pendant (3)

Lot 219

A fine quality Victorian silver gilt trinket box, London 1855, adapted from an earlier porcelain trinket box, with lid interior painted with a religious scene, width 8cm CONDITION REPORT: In good condition.

Lot 244

A silver locket, two silver brooches and a silver badge

Lot 259

A tin of a collection of silver jewellery

Lot 265

Three pairs of silver cuff links

Lot 310

Four Royal Crown Derby bird paperweights with stoppers to include goldfinch, blue tit, Christmas robin and owl (Owl with silver stopper, others gold)

Lot 313

An Edwardian oak canteen of silver plated cutlery

Lot 314

A box of silver plated cutlery, spoons etc

Lot 334

A box of Flirt by R&B white and silver dinner service

Lot 178

Andrew Barrett & Sons (British)A Silver, Cut-Glass and Enamel Inkwell and Pocket Watch, the inkwell dated 1906the cut-glass with silver mount, the silver bayonet lid enamelled with the profile of a young female in decorative headdress (signed 'Jeny'), the glass applied with a silver shield plaque bearing a 'RH' or 'HR' monogram, and with a silver 8-Day pocket watch by Hamilton & Inches of Edinburghglass 14cm x 13.5, stamped maker's mark and silver hallmarks for London 1910Footnotes:Provenance:Originally owned by Harry Tate, the music hall artist.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 198

Attributed to Gerdago/Gerda Gottstein (Austrian, 1906-2004), probably for the Arthur Rubenstein FoundryA Cold-Painted bronze and Carved Ivorine Figure, circa 1930modelled as a female dancer, her long dress decorated with a yellow floral pattern against vertical blue stripes highlighted in silver with blue and yellow striped shoes, and raised on a green onyx plinth25.5cm high, unsignedFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 208

Andre Gilbert (French, active 1920s)'Seduction': A Patinated and Parcel Silver/Gilt Bronze and Carved Ivory Figural Group, circa 1925 modelled as young lovers in the style of commedia dell'arte, and raised on a variegated marble plinth mounted with decorative motifs57cm high, unsignedThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * Y Ф* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 209

Andre Gilbert (French, active 1920s)A Parcel Gilt/Silver, Cold-Painted and Patinated Bronze and Carved Ivory Figural Group Study, circa 1925modelled as Columbine being simultaneously wooed by Pierrot and Harlequinapproximately 53cm long, signed 'A.Gilbert' in the castThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * Y Ф* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 220

Ferdinand Preiss (German, 1892-1943)'Powder Puff': A Cold-Painted and Carved Ivory Figure, circa 1925modelled as as seated young female in flapper dress holding a mirror and powder puff, the ivory head with sepia staining to the recesses, and raised on a striated marble plinth mounted with a sterling silver presentation plaque to the front31cm high, unsignedFootnotes:Literature:Model illustrated in ferdinand Preiss: Art Deco Sculptor - The Fire and the Flame, Alberyo Shayo, Antique Collectors' Club, 2005, p.182.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 225

Alexandre Kelety (Hungarian, 1874–1940)'In Flight': An Art Deco Patinated and Parcel Silver Bronze Sculpture, circa 1925depicting three flying seagulls, on an angular black stone base 58.5cm high, 61cm long, signed in castFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 294

Gianmaria Buccellati (Italian, 1929-2005)A Silver Leaf Dish, circa 1970spressed form in the shape of a leaf with botanical detail28cm long, stamped 'Gianmaria Buccellati' and '925'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 33

An Arts and Crafts silver boxKate Harris, mark for William Hutton & Sons Ltd, London 1899, engraved 'K Harris Sculpt'Triangular form, the hinged lid cast with an image of a young lady gazing into a mirror, the sides with Aesthetic style floral decoration, on three hemispherical feet, height 6.5cm, length 8.5cm, weight 5.5oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 34

OMAR RAMSDEN: a cased set of six silver coffee spoonsLondon 1938, one spoon unmarkedThree with spiralling leaf stems, the other three with reeded stems, the bowls with a lightly hammered finish, length 11.2cm, weight 4oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 36

OMAR RAMSDEN: a silver christening mugLondon 1935 Height 8.5cm; together with a two-handled bowl, by Omar Ramsden, London 1938, diameter 14cm, weight 18oz. (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 37

A Spanish silver and enamel bowlmaker's mark 'MP', 20th century The shallow bowl with gold and green enamel over a textured ground, the foot with four enamel cabochons, diameter 25cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 38

A Modernist German silver flatware serviceRobbe & Berking 'Riva' pattern, placings for eight, comprising: table knives, table forks, table spoons, saucier spoons, fish knives, fish forks, dessert knives, dessert forks, dessert spoons, coffee spoons, two serving spoons, two serving scoops, a sauce ladle, a cake slice, weight excluding items with steel blades 167oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 43

LIBERTY & CO: a 'Cymric' silver bowlBirmingham 1902The design attributed to Archibald Knox, the stylised circular bowl on three raised flat-sectioned hooped feet, each inset with a chrysoprase cabochon, length 17cm, diameter of bowl 16.5cm.Footnotes:The Property of a Private European Collector. 'The Seawolf Collection'Published in The Seawolf Collection, a personal touch, late 19th and 20th century silver. Published by Rotterdam : Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen : NAi Publishers in Association with Veena Duncker, VD Private Collections, Munich, 2003,pages 80.Published to accompany a travelling exhibition.Literature: A sketch of a variation of the bowl: Liberty & Co, record books of silver sketches, Victoria and Albert museum, no.2047For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 44

LIBERTY & CO: A silver condiment standLondon 1900the design attributed to Archibald Knox, the square section central column with open-work Celtic knot handle, the circular bowl with stylised guides across its top and clover leaf fretwork to the well of its interior, on four stepped spade feet, height 17.5cm.Footnotes:The Property of a Private European Collector. 'The Seawolf Collection'Published in The Seawolf Collection, a personal touch, late 19th and 20th century silver. Published by Rotterdam : Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen : NAi Publishers in Association with Veena Duncker, VD Private Collections, Munich, 2003,pages 74.Published to accompany a travelling exhibition.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 48

A pair of Arts and Crafts silver peppersGuild of Handicraft, London 1913Hammered form and flaring wide to the base, the domed bayonet covers with a beaded edge to the lips, height 5.5cm, weight 2.9oz.Footnotes:The Property of a Private European Collector. 'The Seawolf Collection'Published in The Seawolf Collection, a personal touch, late 19th and 20th century silver. Published by Rotterdam : Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen : NAi Publishers in Association with Veena Duncker, VD Private Collections, Munich, 2003,pages 132.Published to accompany a travelling exhibition.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 50

OMAR RAMSDEN: An Arts and Crafts silver inkstandLondon 1922 With a hammered finish, the lid engraved with a stylised thistle, with a filled base, diameter 15cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 52

A pair of silver three-light candelabraJames Dixon & Sons, Sheffield 1920The three lights with removable nozzles, the tapering stems leading to simulated riveted filled bases, height 22cm. (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 54

HECTOR MILLER: a silver cream jug and covered sugar bowlLondon 1998 With undulating linear decoration, height of jug 11cm; together with a silver beaker and a silver tumbler cup, Graham Leishman Stewart, Edinburgh 1999/2000, both with millennium marks with an all-over spot hammered surfaces, height 7.2cm and 6.2cm, weight 32.5oz. (4)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 55

GRAHAM WATLING: a silver coffee pot and a covered sugar bowlLondon 1974Slender baluster form, with elongated spout and bark-effect texturing on the covers, height of coffee pot 27cm, weight total 32oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 58

A Danish silver two-handled trayFrantz Hingelberg, stamped 'STERLING DENMARK' circa 1954 Rectangular, the border formed as an enclosed continuous helix, with two reeded openwork handles, length handle to handle 55cm, weight 103oz.Footnotes:Frantz Hingelberg founded his company in the town of Aarhus, Denmark, in 1897. He was joined in 1928 by Svend Weihrauch, a designer and silversmith who had previously worked for Georg Jensen.The company closed in 2014.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 59

GEORG JENSEN: a Danish silver tureen or vegetable dish and coverpattern 228, dated 1918 The cover handle formed as blossom, the base with applied foliate decoration, diameter 23.5cm, weight 22oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 60

GEORG JENSEN: a Danish silver blossom pattern tureenpattern 2C, 1933-1944 period marks Oval, the two handles formed as blossom, length 31.5cm, weight 43oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 62

A Danish silver and glass ice bucket with tongsDansk Guldsmede-Håndværk, circa 1970 Square form, with two drop handles formed as bunches of grapes, the tongs with similar decoration, height 15.5cm. (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 63

GEORG JENSEN: a Danish silver tazza, designed by Johan Rohdepattern 574C, import marks for London 1936The shallow bowl supported on an openwork stylised leaf and flower stem , height 11.4cm, diameter 13.7cm, weight 7.7oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 64

GEORG JENSEN: a large Danish silver centrepiece bowl, designed by Henning Koppelpattern 980A, designed in 1948, post-1945 markAsymmetrical rounded form, with gently sloping sides on an abstract cast foot.diameter 40.5cm, weight 128oz.This Koppel design received the Gold Medal at the IX Triennial 1951 in Milan.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 65

GEORG JENSEN: six pairs of silver Caraval pattern cake knives and forkspost 1945 marks, also stamped STERLING DENMARKForks with three tines, knives with stainless steel blades. (12)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ΩΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 66

GEORG JENSEN: a Danish silver braceletpattern 394, designed by Lene Munthe, post 1945 marks With five silver and unmarked yellow metal links, length 15cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 67

GEORG JENSEN: a Danish silver platterpattern 210C, post 1945 marks Circular with bead rim, diameter 36cm; together with a Georg Jensen teapot and sugar bowl, pattern 80A, post 1945 marks, weight total 51oz. (3)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ΩΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 68

GEORG JENSEN: a collection of Danish silver flatwarevarious dates, predominantly pre-war marks Comprising twenty-three pieces in Continental, Blossom, No. 21, Acanthus, Pyramid, Cactus and Bernadotte patterns; together with twelve further piece of Danish flatware; two spoons, W A Phipps; an Asprey letter opener, weight total 43oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 69

GEORG JENSEN: a Danish silver tazzapattern 264A, post 1945 mark The circular bowl with hanging grape branches beneath, supported by a twisting stem, height 27cm, weight 43oz.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ΩΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 71

NDIDI EKUBIA: A Britannia standard silver vaseLondon 2008 Hand-raised, embossed and chased with an undulating textured surface, height 21.5cm, weight 41.9oz.Footnotes:Ndidi Ekubia MBEBorn in 1973. Her training began at Wolverhampton Polytechnic, (now the University of Wolverhampton), 1992-1995, where she undertook a 3D design course involving wood, plastics and metal. Particularly intrigued by the possibilities of metalwork, she did a year at the Bishopsland Educational Trust, (1995-1996) a post graduate training program for silversmiths and jewellers which led to her completing an MA in silversmithing and jewellery at the Royal College of Art (1996-1998).Her work is already represented in important public collections of contemporary craft throughout Britain including The Victoria and Albert Museum, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Aberdeen Art gallery, Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery and the Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, Crafts Council, London, P & O Makower Trust. She is represented in several institutional collections including the Goldsmiths' Company, the Grocers' Company, the Weavers' Company and Winchester Cathedral.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 72

NDIDI EKUBIA: a twin-compartment silver serving dishLondon 1998 Auricular form, the shallows of the two compartments with hammered swirls, the surround with a spot-hammered finish, height 10.5cm, length 31cm, weight 31.5oz.Footnotes:This early piece by Ekubia was made for the 1999 Renaissance Art Awards where it was a Merit Award winner. The double compartment feature was intended to be used for nuts, with the shells discarded in the smaller side. Ndidi Ekubia MBE was born in 1973. Her training began at Wolverhampton Polytechnic (now the University of Wolverhampton) 1992-1995, where she undertook a 3D design course involving wood, plastics and metal. Particularly intrigued by the possibilities of metalwork, she studied for a year at the Bishopsland Educational Trust (1995-1996), a postgraduate training program for silversmiths and jewellers which led to her completing an MA in silversmithing and jewellery at the Royal College of Art (1996-1998).Her work is represented in important public collections of contemporary craft throughout Britain including The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Ashmolean Museum, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery and the Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, Crafts Council, London, P & O Makower Trust. She is represented in several institutional collections including the Goldsmiths' Company, the Grocers' Company, the Weavers' Company and Winchester Cathedral.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 74

GERALD BENNEY: a silver and enamel boxLondon 1971, underside also stamped GERALD BENNEY LONDON, also with design pattern number 37 Rectangular, the lid set with a translucent red enamelled panel over a radiating ground, with a cream enamel thumb-piece, the interior with suede lining, height 4.2cm, length 12.5cm, weight total 27oz.Footnotes:GERALD BENNEY CBE RDI (1930-2008)Gerald Benney was one of the most outstanding goldsmiths of the 20th century. With works being continuously produced for over fifty years, from private commissions to mass production. Born in Hull, Yorkshire, in 1930, Benney received many commissions from the Royal Family and was the first craftsman to hold four Royal Warrants simultaneously: from HM The Queen, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales.Gerald Benney decided that his home at Beenham House in Berkshire was the place to develop the use of enamels. The first steps were to travel to Zurich to find an enameller who worked for Burch Korrodi. By chance he came across the Norwegian Berger Bergensen who had worked for the House of Bolin as well as Burch. Bergensen was persuaded to come to Beenham House and taught the Benney workforce all he knew about enamelling. With Alan Evans and Robert Winter becoming notable master enamellers for Benney.It took several years to master the craft. He refined and mastered this art enamelling larger surface areas than Fabergé.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 75

GERALD BENNEY: a rare pair of silver and enamelled candlesticksLondon 1978 and 1980, with master enamellers mark for Robert Vidal WinterWith black enamelled cylindrical columns, on spreading broad circular bases, detachable broad drip pans centred with a candle spike.height 35.5cm, weight 75oz..Footnotes:Provenance: Benney family private collectionGERALD BENNEY CBE RDI (1930-2008)Gerald Benney was one of the most outstanding goldsmiths of the 20th century. With works being continuously produced for over fifty years, from private commissions to mass production. Born in Hull, Yorkshire, in 1930, Benney received many commissions from the Royal Family and was the first craftsman to hold four Royal Warrants simultaneously: from HM The Queen, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales.Gerald Benney decided that his home at Beenham House in Berkshire was the place to develop the use of enamels. The first steps were to travel to Zurich to find an enameller who worked for Burch Korrodi. By chance he came across the Norwegian Berger Bergensen who had worked for the House of Bolin as well as Burch. Bergensen was persuaded to come to Beenham House and taught the Benney workforce all he knew about enamelling. With Alan Evans and Robert Winter becoming notable master enamellers for Benney.It took several years to master the craft. He refined and mastered this art enamelling larger surface areas than Fabergé.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 77

GERALD BENNEY and THOMAS JAMES BOUCHER: a unique silver boxmark for Thomas James Boucher and underside stamped with mark for the Royal College of Art, London 1952Plain polished rectangular form with rounded corners, the cover with a sweeping curved design and flush hinge, the rim of the cover has a narrow ribbed rim.height 7.4cm, length 12.6cm, weight 12.5oz.Illustrated: Graham Hughes, 'Gerald Benney Goldsmith The story of fifty years at the bench' (1998) page 25Designed by Gerald Benney and made with Thomas James Boucher (1897 - 1988) craftsman and technician at the college in Gerald's first year at the Royal College of Arts.One of the Students projects was to have a design made by Boucher who advised on the practical and technical aspects of making silver.Footnotes:Provenance: Benney family private collectionThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 79

GERALD BENNEY: a silver bowlLondon 1989, underside stamped GERALD BENNEY LONDONBark effect textured bellied sides below a polished rim, on a plain collet foot, height 7.3cm, diameter 15.5cm, weight 13.6oz.Footnotes:Provenance: Benney family private collectionThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 81

GERALD BENNEY: a silver jugLondon 1996Plain baluster form, the upper rim with a narrow band of four ribbed lines, loop handle, gilded interior, height 12cm, weight 15oz.Footnotes:Provenance: Benney family private collectionThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 83

GERALD BENNEY: a rare silver and gold bowlLondon 1968, also GERALD BENNEY 1/5Circular form, the interior surface with rayed feathered textured decoration issuing from an inset gold disc, the upswept sides with an applied gold rim,diameter 25.4cm, weight 22.8oz.Although each piece bears a limited edition number, it is believed only one of each design was actually made.Rutland Gallery ExhibitionBetween 13 - 30 November 1968 Gerald Benney held a one man show at the Rutland Gallery, 29 Bruton Street in London. A collection specifically made for the gallery Gerald Benney created twenty designs. These pieces were distinguished by the round circle of solid gold inlaid into each piece. This bowl is catalogue entry number ten in the corresponding Rutland Collection book, entry reads 'Sterling silver dish with 18ct gold rim and disc'.Footnotes:Provenance: Benney family private collectionThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 86

STUART DEVLIN: A silver and silver-gilt filigree tall decanterLondon 1981Hand-raised, the tapering cylindrical sides with silver-gilt flame-pierced filigree work over a silver-gilt matted textured ground, lightly spot-hammered surface above forming the waisted neck, tall tapering cylindrical stopper with the same filigree technique, height 62.5cm, weight 60oz.LITERATUREIllustrated in 'Stuart Devlin: Designer Goldsmith Silversmith', published ACC Art Books Ltd, 2018, page 119, also illustrated are the original design sketches.Footnotes:STUART DEVLIN AO CMG (1931 - 2018)Australian silversmith, jeweller and designer. Stuart Devlin ranks as one of the great contemporary gold and silversmiths and has been acclaimed by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths as the designer with 'the Midas touch'.Stuart Devlin, was born in Geelong, Australia in 1931. He trained at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and, in 1958, and won a number of scholarships including one to study silversmithing under Professor Robert Goodden at the Royal College of Art, London. After spending a two year fellowship at Columbia University in America in 1962 he returned to Australia to teach and rose to become an inspector of art schools. In 1964, Stuart Devlin won a competition to design Australia's first decimal coinage. Devlin went on to be an accomplished coin designer, designing coins for over 36 countries worldwide and many more medallions and the medals for the founding awards of the Australian honours system in 1975.On his return to London, in January 1965, Devlin set up a small workshop in Clerkenwell and the following year he employed his first craftsman. Devlin created new techniques and produced a wide variety of textures, filigree forms and gilding to create his distinctive style. Devlin aimed to design pieces that added 'delight, surprise, intrigue, and even amusement', this especially can be seen in his commercially successful limited edition novelty eggs and boxes.In 1972 Devlin transferred his retail gallery to the ground floor of his St. John street workshop in Clerkenwell. After a sell-out collection at Asprey, Collingwoods of Conduit Street in London's West End set aside an entire floor exclusively for his work to hold regular exhibitions. Between 1979 and 1985 in partnership with the Duke of Westminster he set up a prestigious showroom in Conduit Street almost opposite Collingwoods. Devlin closed his London showroom in 1987.Devlin was made a freeman of the Goldsmiths' Company by special grant in 1966 and elected a liveryman in 1972. In 1980 he was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George 'for services to the art of design' and in 1982 was granted the Royal Warrant of Appointment as Goldsmith and Jeweller to Queen Elizabeth II. He was Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths Company 1996 – 1997.The Goldsmiths' Centre situated in Clerkenwell, was developed from a discussion in 2006 between Stuart Devlin, Hector Miller and Grant Macdonald. They proposed the visionary idea of establishing a creative institute for the goldsmith's craft. Devlin's initiative also had the additional aspect of managed workshops and facilities for exhibitions, corporate hospitality and catering.Stuart Devlin, was Postgraduate Programme Director at the Goldsmiths' Centre, and while there passed on his inspiration, skills and ethic to enrich the way people live and work. The torch for the 2012 London Olympics was designed as a tribute to Stuart Devlin's retro style and British craftsmanship by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby and won the Design Museum's Design of the Year Award.In 2011 his wife Carole and sister-in-law Victoria Kate Simkin started to assemble his archive. It became the basis for a book which was published in 2018 shortly before Stuart Devlin died.Stuart Devlin: Designer Goldsmith Silversmith, published by ACC Art Books Ltd, 2018.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 87

STUART DEVLIN: A pair of silver and silver-gilt filigree candlesticksLondon 1970the detachable silver-gilt cylindrical filigree columns formed as varying sized interlocking spoked circles, on elongated tapering polished stems, height 38.5cm, together with a silver and silver-gilt candle snuffer, by Stuart Devlin, London 1977, with open-work filigree handle, length 27.5cm, weight 33oz. (3)Footnotes:STUART DEVLIN AO CMG (1931 - 2018)Australian silversmith, jeweller and designer. Stuart Devlin ranks as one of the great contemporary gold and silversmiths and has been acclaimed by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths as the designer with 'the Midas touch'.Stuart Devlin, was born in Geelong, Australia in 1931. He trained at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and, in 1958, and won a number of scholarships including one to study silversmithing under Professor Robert Goodden at the Royal College of Art, London. After spending a two year fellowship at Columbia University in America in 1962 he returned to Australia to teach and rose to become an inspector of art schools. In 1964, Stuart Devlin won a competition to design Australia's first decimal coinage. Devlin went on to be an accomplished coin designer, designing coins for over 36 countries worldwide and many more medallions and the medals for the founding awards of the Australian honours system in 1975.On his return to London, in January 1965, Devlin set up a small workshop in Clerkenwell and the following year he employed his first craftsman. Devlin created new techniques and produced a wide variety of textures, filigree forms and gilding to create his distinctive style. Devlin aimed to design pieces that added 'delight, surprise, intrigue, and even amusement', this especially can be seen in his commercially successful limited edition novelty eggs and boxes.In 1972 Devlin transferred his retail gallery to the ground floor of his St. John street workshop in Clerkenwell. After a sell-out collection at Asprey, Collingwoods of Conduit Street in London's West End set aside an entire floor exclusively for his work to hold regular exhibitions. Between 1979 and 1985 in partnership with the Duke of Westminster he set up a prestigious showroom in Conduit Street almost opposite Collingwoods. Devlin closed his London showroom in 1987.Devlin was made a freeman of the Goldsmiths' Company by special grant in 1966 and elected a liveryman in 1972. In 1980 he was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George 'for services to the art of design' and in 1982 was granted the Royal Warrant of Appointment as Goldsmith and Jeweller to Queen Elizabeth II. He was Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths Company 1996 – 1997.The Goldsmiths' Centre situated in Clerkenwell, was developed from a discussion in 2006 between Stuart Devlin, Hector Miller and Grant Macdonald. They proposed the visionary idea of establishing a creative institute for the goldsmith's craft. Devlin's initiative also had the additional aspect of managed workshops and facilities for exhibitions, corporate hospitality and catering.Stuart Devlin, was Postgraduate Programme Director at the Goldsmiths' Centre, and while there passed on his inspiration, skills and ethic to enrich the way people live and work. The torch for the 2012 London Olympics was designed as a tribute to Stuart Devlin's retro style and British craftsmanship by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby and won the Design Museum's Design of the Year Award.In 2011 his wife Carole and sister-in-law Victoria Kate Simkin started to assemble his archive. It became the basis for a book which was published in 2018 shortly before Stuart Devlin died.Stuart Devlin: Designer Goldsmith Silversmith, published by ACC Art Books Ltd, 2018.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 88

STUART DEVLIN: A silver and silver-gilt filigree covered bowlLondon 1977the silver-gilt domed pull-off cover with a slight outswept curved filigree design, plain polished bowl, diameter 20.7cm, weight 24oz.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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