This is a beautiful c1910 solid sterling silver brooch with a very Jugendstil / Art Nouveau theme of herons / cranes and water lilies. the design and detailing are both superb.
The design integrates the two objects seamlessly and there are three cranes and three water lilies. The lilies look like the birds wings certain ways you look at it. the design has an etched detailing which represents the feathers of the birds and which looks amazing.
The design is based around a hexagonal design, again typical of the Jugendstil period. There is a small rectangular mark on the back but I am unable to make it out. It looks like the work of perhaps one of the Pforzheim jewellery designers. Acquired in Germany, that would support this. It really is the most beautiful, eye-catching brooch which measures approx. 3cm in diameter.
This is a beautiful brooch! Thank you for looking!
I am currently in Italy and will send by fully tracked international signed-for. Thank you!