According to researchers, the very first gingerbread houses were the result of the well known Grimm's tale "Hansel & Gretel". In Germany today, they are called Hexenhaus - Witches House!
A spooky waffle cookie house sits atop a hill covered in sweeping banks of snow...and icing? As you get closer the scene gets sweeter! Gumdrops! And lolis! And ice cream! But there are hints that something is amiss... (aside from there being giant confectionery in the middle of a snow covered forest of course) and you start to notice bones jutting out from the icing and skulls in place of cherries. Visitor beware...
Bones dripping in icing make up the roof of this house complete with "cherry on top" skull, tiny sinister window and a howling ghost door.
Weighing over an ounce, this is a piece is a hefty one! Measures approximately 2.5" x 1" at widest and tallest points. It has been given a mix of heavy brushing and high polishing. Handcrafted out of fine (.999) and sterling (.925) silver.
This piece rests on double split band as shown above and is a size 6.
