STUART DEVLIN 1972 LONDON, PEOPLES LONG SAUTOIR IN 18 KT GOLD WITH BLUE HOWLITE

BEAUTIFUL NECKLACE SAUTOIR DESIGNED BY STUART DEVLIN (1931-2018).

FABULOUS "THE PEOPLES" NECKLACE SAUTOIR. AN ICONIC CREATION BY THE LATE AUSTRALIAN-BRITISH BASED ARTIST, DESIGNER AND GOLDSMITH STUART DEVLIN. THIS UNIQUE PIECE, WAS MADE IN LONDON IN 1970 AND IT IS HAND CRAFTED IN SOLID 18 KARATS OF TEXTURED YELLOW GOLD. 

CAREFULLY ASSEMBLED WITH MULTIPLES "PEOPLES" HUMANOIDS FIGURES, ATACHED FROM THE HANDS AND FEETS. IS EMBELLISHED WITH 28 FREE FORM SPACERS ELEMENTS, CARVED FROM NATURAL BLUE-GREEN HOWLITE GEMSTONE. 

THE TOTAL WEIGHT IS 32.4 Grams AND THE LENGTH IS 38 Inches.

STAMPED IN TWO HUMANOIDS FIGURES WITH BRITISH HALLMARKS FOR LONDON, WITH THE LETTER R FOR THE DATE 1972, THE MAKER'S MARK CARTOUCHE SD FOR STUART DEVLIN AND "18" FOR THE GOLD ASSAY.

STUART DEVLIN (1931-2018) WAS AN AUSTRALIAN BORN ARTIST, BASED IN LONDON ENGLAND SINCE 1965. IN HIS EARLY DAYS, DEVLIN WAS PRINCIPALLY KNOWN AS A SILVERSMITH, TURNING TO JEWELRY DESIGN FURTHER DOWN THE WORKS. HIS WORKS WHETHER IN SILVER OR JEWELRY, IS CHARACTERIZED BY FILIGREE AND PATTERNS OF OPENWORKS RETICULATION. HE WAS APPOINTED GOLDSMITH AND JEWELER TO THE QUEEN ELIZABETHH II IN 1996 AND WAS THE DESIGNER OF THE AUSTRALIAN DECIMAL COINS & MEDALS. IN ADITTION HE CREATED MANY PIECES FOR THE ACTRESS ELIZABETH TAYLOR. HIS WORKS ARE EXHIBITED IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTIONS OF, THE VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM AND THE ROYAL COLLECTION IN BUCKINGHAM PALACE.

AS A NOTE, STUART DEVLIN'S PIECES ARE HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE AND HIS JEWELRY PIECES ARE VERY RARE AND RAISING IN POPULARITY, THIS NECKLACE IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH REMAINS OF THE OLD PATINA.

LITERATURE: STUART DEVLIN DESIGNER GOLDSMITH SILVERSMITH, Art Book Ltd, 2018, Pp-341-347. FOR SIMILAR WORKS.

PROVENANCE: PURCHASED IN LONDON IN 1973, A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN VERMONT, USA.

INVENTORY REF: N0000MANN/.7788