This episode is brought to you by Fully Gemstones.

And he was a ball of fun. I mean, if you were around him, apparently, I mean, I heard all the stories, you know, from the families that knew him.

And they loved having him for dinner because he was such a hoot. But he was also very intelligent.

I mean, you know, he spoke, I think, five languages.

I think he was interested in history.

Well, who wouldn't be if you grew up in Sicily?

Welcome to If Jewels Could Talk.

I'm Carol Walton, the voice of jewelry, an author, broadcaster,

and the woman who initiated the role of

Jewelry editor at magazines like Tatella and British Vogue.

This is a podcast for everyone.

For people who do like jewelry, for people who don't realize they like jewelry, and anyone

intrigued by fascinating facts, new ideas and forgotten histories.

So please join me as I tell sparkly tales meeting all sorts of people

delving into four centuries of jewellery culture and investigate what's happening now.

Today we're talking about the life and work of a master jeweller, Fulco du Vodura, the Sicilian Duke, who was born in 1898. He showed a precocious talent for drawing and a curiosity about the natural world.

He lived in his family's ancestral home in Palermo in Sicily

and moved to Paris where he hoped to be a painter. But his true vocation was revealed once he began

designing jewelry for Coco Chanel. Now there's no one better to talk about Vod Landergan, who I'm

very pleased is in the UK from New York, who has owned Vodhura with the Maud Landrigan, who I'm very pleased is in the UK from New York,

who has owned Vodura. He bought it after Fulke's death and has been recreating

jewelry from some of his, well, some of, about 10,000 drawings in the archive since the mid-80s.

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