Design: Arthur Andersen, c.1925
Manufacturer: David-Andersen, Norway.
Marked: David-Andersen Norway Sterling 925 S
Measure: wide 2,3 inch, height 1,5 inch.

_{The enamel is in excellent condition with no scratches, chips or cracks. The hinge and straight pin are in fine working order.}

Sterling silver, guilloché enamelled, an incised wavy ground was overlaid with layers of transparent enamel in shades of clear blues and aqua, very finely crafted.


The company David-Andersen was founded in Christiania (Oslo)/ Norway by David Andersen in 1876. Andersen was gold and silversmith with a keen sense of quality and the high standards of his workmanship brought early success. David Andersen died in 1901 and his son, Arthur Andersen, took the reins of the firm. Arthur Andersen instituted some important changes, he decided to hyphenate the family name to David-Andersen, and as chief designer, he introduced the use of enamelling and guichoché technique on the company’s gold and silver jewellery. The new line was so successful that enamelled jewellery has become nearly synonymous with the David-Andersen name.

The butterfly as carrier of the soul is already an antique symbol, whose linger in the canon of the symbolism and art nouveau. It is considered as a representative, of in the air and its essence sky faring creatures. Soft colours between aquamarin and cobalt blue accentuate the state of the soul.

Examples of David Anderson in Nasjonalmuseet Oslo/ Norway, the Kunstvereins Pforzheim and Museum Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany.