Lot 139
ALAN DAVIE C.B.E., R.A., H.R.S.A. (BRITISH 1920-2014) §
TWO RINGS
Auction: MODERN MADE Part II | 01 November 2024 | Lots 80 to 444
£580
Description
each stamped maker's mark JAD, white metal
Dimensions
ring size: O and P
Provenance
The present owner inherited the rings from her mother, who whilst living in Hoddesdon, and possibly heard of Alan and Bili (Janet Gaul) Davie, then living in Hertford, through a friend, the textile artist Michael O’Connell who was living in Perry Green at the time.
It is likely the current vendor’s mother commissioned the rings from Davie in the 1950s, at a time he was making ends meet by silversmithing and playing in a jazz club, before he became world renowned as an artist
