Theodor Fahrner jewelry is greatest identified for its typical Artwork Nouveau designs of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Theodor Fahrner was born in Pforzheim between 1859 and 1868. He educated as a metal engraver and went to the Pforzheim Business Arts Society to coach within the arts. When he took over his father’s ring manufacturing unit upon his loss of life in 1883, he mixed these abilities to provide jewelry within the Jugendstil custom, using supplies reminiscent of enamel, marcasite and semi-precious stones. A lot of his designs have been based mostly on natural shapes and animals, a typical theme of the time.
In direction of the tip of the nineteenth century, Fahrner had begun to collaborate with different artists and in 1900 exhibited on the Paris Common Exhibition the place he was awarded a silver medal for his work, created alongside Max J Gradl. The ensuing publicity marked an upturn within the fortunes of the corporate.
Because the century started, he established the corporate’s TF trademark and the corporate started exporting into Britain. In addition they started collaborating with different Jugendstil (or Artwork Nouveau) proponents, together with Murrle Bennett and Georg Kleeman.
When Theodor Fahrner died in 1919 the corporate was purchased by Gustav Braendle and have become generally known as ‘Gustav Braendle – Theodor Fahrner Nachfolger’. Within the 1920’s the Artwork Deco model was at its top and the items produced by the corporate on this model are extremely collectable.
Theodor Fahrner in Public sale
Lot 727
Artwork Deco gem-set brooch, by Theodor Fahrner
Estimate: £50 – £80
Lot 9
An Artwork Nouveau silver marcasite flower brooch, by Theodor Fahrner.
Value Realised: £159.50
Lot 793
A silver marcasite brooch, by Theodor Fahrner
Value Realised: £102.08
Lot 1114
A pair of Arts & Crafts silver Citrine earrings, by Theodor Fahrner
Value Realised:  £325.00
Jewelry & Costume Jewelry Day Two | Thursday seventeenth October 2024
Luggage of Costume Jewelry | Friday 18th October 2024
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Tuesday fifteenth October 10:00-16:00
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