Title: Gargoyle Necklace by Kim Eric Lilot
Shipping: $29.00
Artist: N/A
Period: Contemporary
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Condition: Museum Quality
Item Date: 2008
Item ID: 1727
Artist Kim Eric Lilot: "This necklace was the culmination of a series of Gargoyle designs that I created in answer to a need for personal expression. It is a harbinger of playfullness, humour and erotic longing. It speaks with it's dangling carved Coral tongue and sparkling Emerald eyes. And it will humor and stimulate the imagination of everyone who views it." The pendant/face is hand chased, satin finished 18kt gold and inlaid with pave'-set Diamonds, Emerald eyes and opaque red hand-fired enamelling. The 24" long necklace is composed of natural, undyed red Coral beads (origin: Mediterranean Sea). The 18kt gold plunger-clasp is bezel-set with two Diamonds.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargoyle
In architecture, a gargoyle is a carved stone grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building.
The term originates from the French gargouille, originally "throat" or "gullet".
A local legend that sprang up around the name of St. Romanus ("Romain") (AD 631–641), the former chancellor of the Merovingian king Clotaire II who was made bishop of Rouen, relates how he delivered the country around Rouen from a monster called Gargouille, having the creature captured by the only volunteer, a condemned man. The gargoyle's grotesque form was said to scare off evil spirits so they were used for protection.
