Krebs: De sneeuwkonigin met Gerda en Kay - Christmas baubles (3) - Glass

The Snow Queen with Gerda and Kay, made by Krebs. Made of glass. The Snow Queen is 13.5 cm, Gerda and Kay are 9.5 and 9 cm respectively. This beautiful set is offered rarely. This fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen from 1844 is almost unknown, hence I have added a summary under the shipping. Of course made of glass. Condition see the text explicitly and the 5 photos. Worldwide shipping. At the moment we do not ship to the USA. Shipping within the EU with UPS. Shipping outside the EU with the post, this takes longer. Track and trace. Sent insured within the EU Shipped from Italy. See the shipping costs. The Snow Queen, story in seven parts (histories): First history; the mirror and the shards The Devil, a wicked troll, has made a mirror that makes all beauty shrink. Ugly and bad things come into their own. Faces are twisted and pious thoughts are shown as a sour grin. The troll has a school for young trolls and the students tell that one can see in the mirror how the world and people really are. They take the mirror with them everywhere and they even want to go to heaven to fool the angels and Our Lady. The trolls fly to God and the angels, but then the mirror falls and shatters into a hundred million pieces on Earth. Each fragment possesses as much power as the whole mirror and it brings even more misfortune. Pieces as small as grains of sand get into people's eyes, causing them to see everything distorted. Shards of mirror also get into people's hearts, hearts turning into a block of ice. Large pieces are used as window glass or spectacle glass and the troll laughs so hard that his belly splits. Second history; a boy and a girl In the big city two children live opposite each other; the boy and girl love each other as if they were brother and sister. Kay and Gerda’s parents have placed large wooden boxes outside the windows where vegetables grow. In every box there is also a rose tree, and the children may sit on the benches under the roses. In winter the windows freeze shut and the children peer through warm pennies. The old grandmother tells that the snow consists of swarms of white bees and that the Snow Queen flies in the densest part of the cloud. Spring comes and in summer the children sit again in the garden in the gutter. When the clock strikes five, Kay feels a stabbing pain in his heart and his eye. Slivers from the Troll Mirror have struck him, and he pushes Gerda away. He pulls off some roses and goes inside. Kay mocks Gerda’s and his grandmother’s stories and imitates all people. In winter he shows the snowflakes and finds them more beautiful than the roses. When Kay goes with his sledge to the square, he is taken away by a white sledge. Kay sees the Snow Queen and she appears perfect in his eyes. Third history; the garden of flowers of the woman who could enchant Gerda hears that Kay tied his sled to a gorgeous horse and has gone through the city gate. One day she puts on her new red shoes and goes to the river. She wants to trade the shoes for Kay, but her offer is not accepted. She climbs into a boat, but it drifts away and she floats downstream. She comes to a cherry orchard and sees a house with two wooden soldiers. An old woman with a stool and sunhat lifts Gerda from the boat and hears what happened. Gerda is locked up and the old woman combs her hair with a golden comb. The old woman can conjure, but is not wicked. She banishes the roses because she is afraid Gerda will think of Kay again. Gerda plays daily in the garden and then sees a rose on the old woman’s sunhat. She begins to cry and the tears sprout a rose. Gerda thinks of Kay and hears from the roses that Kay is not beneath the ground. The fire lily tells of Hindu women on burning piles and the west wind tells a dream of a knight’s fortress. The Snowdrop tells of a swing and the hyacinths tell of three lovely sisters in coffins. The buttercup tells of a girl who kisses her grandmother and Gerda thinks of her own grandmother. The daffodil says that he can see himself and smells nice, a dancer stands on one leg. Gerda opens the gate and leaves the garden. She sits on a large stone and notices that autumn has come, only the blackthorn tree still stands. Fourth history; prince and princess Gerda meets a crow and the bird says that Kay lives with the little princess. Grandmother knew crow language, but Gerda did not learn it and struggles to understand the bird. The princess wants to marry and her husband must answer well, but everyone is impressed by the lock and they cannot utter a word when they stand before the Princess. They stammer and repeat the last word the princess has spoken, and thus they are rejected. The crow tells that on the third day a small fellow with a knapsack on his back appeared. He was not impressed and only wanted to talk with the princess, but now she wants him as a man. Gerda knows it is Kay, but she is barefoot and cannot enter the castle. The crow tells of the back stairs and the tame crow of the castle brings them to the bedroom. The princess sleeps in a white bed and the prince lies in a red bed. Dreams gallop out of the room and Gerda sees that it is not Kay. She tells the whole story and the two crows get a permanent appointment. The prince lets Gerda sleep in his bed and she dreams of Kay and a sleigh drawn by angels of God. The next morning she receives clothes and a carriage of pure gold. The coachman, attendants and outriders go with the carriage and Gerda receives sugar pretzels, fruit and gingerbread. The forest crow goes three miles along and the other crow flaps at the gate. Fifth history; the little robber girl Rogues see the carriage and only Gerda survives the attack; she tells the robber girl what happened. The robber girl owns many animals and Gerda does not sleep at night. The white forest doves tell of the Snow Queen and the reindeer says that the Snow Queen’s summer palace lies in Lapland. Her fixed seat lies on the island of Spitsbergen near the North Pole. Gerda tells the robber girl what she has heard and receives the reindeer as the men are away. The robber girl returns the worn boots to Gerda. She keeps the moss but gives her mother’s mittens and Gerda says farewell. She sees the Northern Lights and the reindeer runs even faster; they reach Lapland quickly. Sixth history; the Lapp woman and the Finnish woman They arrive at a small cottage and must crawl to get through the door. A Lapp woman gives a dried salt fish with a message for the Finnish woman to Gerda. They travel further and knock on the Finnish woman’s chimney, she has no door. It is hot inside and the woman reads the message, after which she tosses the dried fish into the pot. The woman hears the history and reads a parchment, after which she tells the reindeer about Kay. The woman cannot brew a magic potion; Gerda is strong already on her own. The reindeer takes Gerda to the Snow Queen’s garden and drops her at a large bush with red berries. Gerda prays the Our Father and a legion of angels hacks the snowflakes into pieces, Kay does not know that Gerda is close. Seventh history-end The final scene consists of a snowstorm with winds’ windows and doors; it has more than a hundred halls. There lies a frozen lake and Kay is blue with cold, but does not notice. The Snow Queen makes Kay solve a puzzle and promises him the whole world. She departs toward the black kettles, Mount Etna and Vesuvius. Gerda sees Kay and begins to cry; her tears melt his heart. Kay begins to cry too as Gerda sings about the infant Jesus; he notices how cold it is. They solve the puzzle together. The reindeer brings a fawn along and Gerda and Kay drink from her milk. The children are taken to the borders of the land and bid farewell. The robber girl sees Gerda and says that the prince and princess have gone to foreign lands. The crow is dead and the tame sweetheart is now a widow; the robber girl departs and goes out into the world. Gerda and Kay arrive at grandmother’s house and she reads from the Bible; the children are grown up and yet still children at heart.

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