​Fraktur Couple Heart Dutch Art Sterling Silver Christmas Ornament #2821 Hand & Hammer 2001. This sterling collectible is inspired by a Marriage celebration scene announcing a marriage.  Notice the heart frame showing there love for each other.  Fraktur is both a style of lettering and a highly artistic and elaborate illuminated folk art created by the Pennsylvania Dutch (also known as Pennsylvania Deitsch or Pennsylvanian German). Most Fraktur were created between 1740 and 1860.  Fraktur drawings were executed in ink and/or watercolors and are found in a wide variety of forms: the Vorschriften (writing samples), the Taufscheine (birth and baptismal certificates), marriage and house blessings, book plates, and floral and figurative scenes.

The size of this ornament is about 2-1/4" high  X  1-3/4" wide. This Sterling Silver Ornament is in excellent like new collectible condition.

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