RARE Sterling Enamel Volmer Bahner FAIRY TALE Pin VB Brooch Denmark H C Andersen

RARE Sterling Enamel Volmer Bahner FAIRY TALE Pin VB Brooch Denmark H C Andersen A Work of Art in Sterling and Enamel, this brooch has it all: Great Condition, Fine and Detailed Workmanship, Incredibly Charming Subject and RARE!! A photo of my brooch was used in the book Northern Lights, The Beauty of the Forgotten Scandinavian Enamel Jewelry Artisans, Lois and Dwight Olson, leading off Chapter 37 on Volmer Bahner. The brooch is highly detailed - from the waves in their hair to her gorgeous dress. Though a simple shepherdess, she must have been a fancy figurine as she has a rather regal stance and her gown, which has a plain white collar and a pattern of checks underlying the white enamel elsewhere, even has flowers accenting her skirt. And for that matter, the chimney sweep appears quite poised and dapper himself. (The flowers in her skirt are difficult to make out in the photos; but they are perhaps best seen in the third one.) Obviously in love, gazing steadfastly at each other, their arms sweetly intertwined, they hold the emblems of their work, she a shepherd's crook and he a ladder. The way his arm winds under one rung of the ladder to grasp another creates a trompe l'oeil effect that fools the eye into thinking it has actual depth and dimension. The piece is just wonderful. It measures about 1-5/8" by about 1-1/2" wide.