One of the owners approached me and told me the story of these little dogs. She said her parents
were from Germany and they were some of the few things hey had brought with
them when moving to America.
When World War II broke out they were afraid that if their
friends knew the figurines were from Germany they would think they were German
sympathizers. They were afraid just
hiding them away would not be enough so they broke them, but then could not
bear to dump the broken pieces, so they put them in a drawer hidden away.
Years after the war, they glued the little dogs back
together and put them back on the mantel.
So sad that no one in the family knowing the history of these precious
little dogs did not want to keep them, so I bought them.
My husband wrote the whole story up and we listed them on
eBay with photos of the markings on the bottom and a clear understanding that
they were broken and glued. A dealer out
of Los Angeles bought them for twenty dollars.
I was happy to sell them; he had the story of their history to pass on
and I am sure he would restore them properly and they would be worth much more
than he paid for them.
Even the broken can be mended, the history lives on, someone
else will enjoy their beauty and love them as the original owners did.
