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c1940's Theodore Fahrner Art deco 935 silver pin. Extremely high quality with no<br>issues. 2.25" x 3/8" x 8.9 grams.<br><br>Theodor Fahrner (4 August 1859 – 22 July 1919) was a trained steel engraver and<br>jewelry designer from Pforzheim, Germany. He was known for his Art Nouveau and<br>Jugendstil pieces, produced at affordable prices. After his death, his firm<br>became one of the best known Art Deco designers.<br><br>Biography<br>Theodor Fahrner was born to Theodor Fahrner, Sr., and Pauline Fahrner (née<br>Schweikert). He had six sisters: Emma, Julie, Lina, Paulina Emilie, Luise Emilie<br>and Bertha. Little is known about his school days; he learned to be a steel<br>engraver and received his artistic training at the Pforzheim Kunstgewerbeschule.<br><br>Theodor Fahrner, Sr., owned a ring factory, and on his death in 1883, the<br>younger Theodor Fahrner took the reins. By 1895, he was the sole proprietor. In<br>the time of the upheaval before the turn of the century, Fahrner registered<br>numerous patents and utility models. The breakthrough finally succeeded with the<br>presentation of the jewelry designed by Max J. Gradl at the Paris World<br>Exposition in 1900, where he was awarded a silver medal.<br>Fahrner did most of his own design work from 1899 to 1906. Fahrner's later<br>designers included Maria Obrich, Patriz Huber, and Ludwig Knupper. The firm came<br>to specialize in affordable Art Deco jewelry and achieved an international<br>reputation.<br><br>Fahrner died in Pforzheim on July 22, 1919, leaving behind two daughters, Vera<br>and Yella. He was buried at Pforzheim's main cemetery. The jewelry maker Theodor<br>Fahrner was bought by the jeweler Gustav Braendle from Essling and passed on<br>under the name Bijouteriewarenfabrik Gustav Braendle. The brand name<br>"Fahrnerschmuck" was also used.<br><br>BRIEF HISTORY OF THEODOR FAHRNER JEWELRY<br>Theodor Fahrner was born in 1859 in Pforzheim, Germany. His father, Theodor,<br>Sr., manufactured and sold rings that memorialized historical events. Young<br>Theodor trained as a metal engraver at the Pforzheim Art Academy where he honed<br>his natural artistic talent and developed a lifelong love of art.<br><br>When his father died in 1883, Theodor took control of the company and expanded<br>its production beyond rings to necklaces, bracelets, brooches and earrings. He<br>also pioneered designer jewelry and the use of well-known and respected artists<br>of various disciplines to design jewelry made partly or entirely by machine.<br>Each artist had a distinctive style, and the little ring factory became was one<br>of the most prosperous jewelry houses in Europe and remained so until the 1950s.<br>Theodor Fahrner jewelry gained international attention when designer Max J.<br>Gradl received a silver medal at the 1900 Paris World Exhibition. Soon Theodor<br>was exporting large quantities of his jewelry around the world, most notably to<br>London and New York City.
