Lion cub with saucer (necklace)
Necklace
2004 (made)
2004 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Felieke van der Leest is a Dutch jeweller working in Norway known for her humorous transformations of plastic animals by means of crochet and more conventional metalworking skills. Her style is playful and informal, but she unexpectedly combines the precious with the visually dominant non-precious: the lion cub’s saucepan hat is of hand-worked gold.
This necklace is one of forty-five pieces of jewellery given to the V&A from the collection of the late Louise Klapisch.
This necklace is one of forty-five pieces of jewellery given to the V&A from the collection of the late Louise Klapisch.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Lion cub with saucer (necklace) (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Moulded plastic, gold and textile (a mixture of viscose and polyester/polyamide) |
| Brief description | Necklace with lion cub pendant, textile, plastic and gold, designed and made by Felieke van der Leest, Norway, 2004 |
| Physical description | A plastic lion cub with a brown crocheted coat and golden crocheted mane, on his head, cut to fit over his ears is a gold saucepan. A crocheted chain of golden thread attaches to his tail and to the saucepan handle. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (F L engraved on the saucepan
CE moulded into the plastic) |
| Credit line | The Louise Klapisch Collection, given by Suzanne Selvi |
| Production | From an edition of four. A further eight lion cub brooches were made. |
| Summary | Felieke van der Leest is a Dutch jeweller working in Norway known for her humorous transformations of plastic animals by means of crochet and more conventional metalworking skills. Her style is playful and informal, but she unexpectedly combines the precious with the visually dominant non-precious: the lion cub’s saucepan hat is of hand-worked gold. This necklace is one of forty-five pieces of jewellery given to the V&A from the collection of the late Louise Klapisch. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.52-2014 |
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| Record created | June 11, 2014 |
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