Octave Landuyt

Exhibited by Didier Ltd

Material 18ct gold, bone, pearls

Dimensions H. 9 cm; W. 8.1 cm

Place of Creation Kortrijk, Belgium

Status Vetted

About the Work

Unique pendant incorporating an Inuit carved bone figurine of a seal from the Baffin Island, Canada, set on a circular ring, mounted in 18ct gold and further decorated with pearls. Assembled by the goldsmith, Julien Merlier, Kortrijk.

Provenance

Nelly van den Abbeele, Brussels

Literature

Gioielli di artisti belgi dal 1890 al 1973, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan 1973
Juweelkunst in België van Gotiek tot heden, Stad Gent Museum voor Sierkunst, exhibition catalogue, Ghent 1986, p. 88, no. 67
J. Valcke and P. Paul-Dupont, Hedendaagse Juwelen in België, Liège 1992, p. 33
P. Roberts-Jones, Octave Landuyt, Aurum Flandriae, Zellik 1994, p. 256