Silver & Objects of Vertu - 1st May 2025
Lot 1788
By Stuart Devlin, a modern parcel-gilt silver bookmark,
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £441
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Description

By Stuart Devlin, a modern parcel-gilt silver bookmark,
London 2018, number 9 of an edition of 25,
tapering rectangular form, the terminal with textured filigree decoration and an enlarged Stuart Devlin's maker's mark, with a silk tassel, length 19.4cm, approx. weight 1oz., plus a copy of Stuart Devlin, Designer, Goldsmith, Silversmith, edited by Carole Devlin and Victorian Simkin, ACC Art Books Limited, 2018, in a fitted black wooden case, the interior red velvet lined.
Provenance: From the Workshop of Stuart Devlin, sold by his widow Mrs. Carole Devlin.
This bookmark was the last item of silver that Stuart Devlin designed before his death in 2018.