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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Quarterly Collectors Auction Series
• Sale Date:
  04 Dec 2013 ~ 2.30pm
• Lot #:
  86
• Lot Description:
  STUART DEVLIN SURPRISE FOOTBALL: Rare collectable designed by Stuart Devlin
  goldsmith & jeweller to Her Majesty the Queen, for the Geelong Football Club. Comprising a 9ct gold football, with cat, football boot, ground and swear box made from sterling silver and gold gilded. In a glass & wood display case. Limited edition No.33/5. & book ‘25 Years of Stuart Devlin in London’ published by The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths (London, 1983).
• Provenance:
  Ex Terry Fulton, a member of Geelong’s 1951 & 1952 Premiership sides, who wore the number “33”, and went to school with Stuart Devlin.
• Notes:
  Stuart Devlin is a significant gold and silversmith, who rose to fame in 1964 when he won a competition to design the first decimal coinage for Australia. He has designed furniture, interiors, jewellery, and commissioned pieces of all types, including trophies, clocks, centrepieces, goblets, candelabra, bowls, and insignia. Among his most popular commissions, Devlin has designed coins and medals for 36 countries throughout the world, including precious coins for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and the medals for the founding awards of the Australian honours system in 1975: the Order of Australia
• Estimate:
  A$3,000 - 0
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Precious Objects

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