Box Fancy Poland Glass Christmas Ornaments Pinks Purples A box of one dozen simply gorgeous Mid Century Polish blown glass Christmas ornaments, most in shades of pink, lavender and purple. They're round, about 2-1/2" high, decorated with hand painted lilies of the valley and generic flowers, T-shape bands of color, and silver glitter.

The ornament with the silver background has a chipped pike visible below the metal cap. There is one ornament in the box that doesn't match the others although it coordinates well - the red with white mica and hand painted flower and leaf decoration. The box is marked Poland and is in good condition but missing the cellophane window in the lid.
Circa: 1960s
Country of Origin: PL
Manufacturer: Mid Century Polish Import  

Box Shiny Brite Colored Mica Ringed Barrel Lantern Glass Christmas Ornaments A box of twelve original Shiny Brite barrel or ringed lantern shape glass Christmas ornaments, all but three decorated with white and colored mica glitter. Made from the late 1930s to late 1940s, the ornaments are about 2-1/4" high. One ornament is solid bright magenta pink, all the others have colored stripes. There are some neat color combinations here: purple and white; green, pink and white; and blue mica with white mica and red stripes. One ornament is unsilvered and especially scarce in this shape - it's a war ornament with transparent green and white mica stripes and a hot pink mica top.

One ornament has a replacement metal cap, the others all have their correct scalloped caps marked Shiny Brite. All ornaments are in very good condition for their age, only one has much noticeable wear to the mica though there is some minor age and handling wear to the silvered backgrounds and painted colored stripes. The 1940s Shiny Brite box bottom does not come with a lid.

Circa: 1930s - 1940s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Shiny Brite  

Box Poland Blown Glass Teardrop Christmas Ornaments Lavish Mica One dozen Mid Century blown glass Polish teardrop shape Christmas ornaments in vivid colors, heavily decorated with mica ground glass glitter. One ornament is a very attractive blue and purple indent and appears to be newer than the others. The other eleven are 3-3/4" long or slightly more. They all have wide vertical bands or stripes of color with glittered decoration such as pinecone or fish scale patterns, stars, and abstract designs. Some wear to the mica glitter, no chips or breaks. The box is not original and in fact the lid does not go with the bottom. Aside from a missing cellophane window though the box is in good condition.

Circa: 1950s - 1960s
Country of Origin: PL
Manufacturer: Mid Century Polish Import  

Box Poland Fantasia Fancy Teardrop Indent Glass Christmas Ornaments A box of one dozen gorgeous 1950s Polish blown glass hand decorated Christmas ornaments by Fantasia of Poland. They are all colorful, jewel tone indents, about 3" long. The backs are as lovely as the reflector indent fronts, decorated with mica glitter and hand painted details. The metal caps are marked Poland, and all twelve ornaments are in excellent condition with no chips or breaks, though there is some wear to the mica on some. The marked Fantasia Brand box bottom has a water stain at one corner and a tear at one corner of the lid but is otherwise in good condition with the cellophane window intact.

Circa: 1950s
Country of Origin: PL
Manufacturer: Mid Century Polish Import  

Box 25 Miniature Feather Tree Christmas Ornaments 25 multi-colored mini silvered mercury glass Christmas ornaments, perfect for a tabletop or feather tree. They come in a 1950s mini ornament box. The 13 largest ornaments are 3/4" to 7/8" diameter, the 12 small ones are about 1/2 inch. All have metal caps or wire loops for hanging. One ornament is a double indent. They have typical spottiness and wear from age and handling but no chips or breaks.

Circa: 1930s - 1950s
Country of Origin: JP
Manufacturer: Pre and Post War Japan Import  

Box Poland Glass Red White Mica Starburst Glass Christmas Ornaments This box of twelve 2" blown glass Christmas ornaments was made in Poland. They are all bright Christmas red, decorated with Eames era painted white snowflakes or starbursts and geometric lines, enhanced with white mica glitter. No chips or breaks, though a couple of the ornaments have a little snow flocking. Some are starting to lose their inner silvering which gives the ornaments a near transparent effect when held to the light, but the red finish is still intact. The box is in very good condition with no tears or damage. The cellophane window in the lid is loose at two corners.

Circa: 1960s
Country of Origin: PL
Manufacturer: Mid Century Polish Import  

Box 5 Poland Blue Glass Long Ribbed Teardrop Christmas Ornaments Five blown glass Polish long ribbed teardrop or icicle ornaments in metallic blue, still in their original box (which originally held six ornaments). They range from 5-1/2" to 6" long and are shabby in an attractive, antique manner with remnants of old snow flocking and age wear to the silvering and blue finish. The metal caps say Poland and are intact but somewhat rusty. The ornaments originally had vertical mica stripes on the ridges but most has worn away from age and handling. There are no chips or breaks. The box is intact and in good condition but is missing the cellophane window covering.

Circa: 1950s
Country of Origin: PL
Manufacturer: Post War Polish Import  

Box 12 Small Indented Glass Christmas Ornaments A dozen 1950s feather tree size indented glass Christmas ornaments, about 1-3/4" diameter. Two are Polish and German replacements, the rest were made in Japan and are original to the box (as I received them). Each has a deep center indent tinted in red, yellow, or green. The two non-Japan ornaments have fancier, multi colored centers. One ornament is decorated with a wide band of pink mica glitter at the rim, the others have painted pink, green, blue, red and purple stripes and bands on silver. Some minor paint wear as shown, no chips or breaks. The box is in excellent condition with cellophane window intact.

Circa: 1950s
Country of Origin: JP
Manufacturer: Mid Century Japan Import  

4 Hand Painted Mica Glitter Blown Polish Glass Christmas Ornaments Four very pretty blown glass Christmas ornaments, made in Poland in the 1950s. They're 2-3/4" diameter and have alternating wide vertical bands of white mica snow glitter and hand painted floral designs on mercury silvered backgrounds. Two are blue, two are magenta or pink-purple. The metal caps are marked Poland. They have some minor wear from age and handling, nothing serious, and one has a chip at the pike that isn't totally covered by the cap. They'll be shipped in a non-original ornament box with a molded insert that fits the balls perfectly.

Circa: 1950s
Country of Origin: PL
Manufacturer: Mid Century Poland  

Box Poland Santa Land Decorated Glass Christmas Ornaments This box of one dozen colorful Polish blown glass Christmas ornaments dates to the early-mid 1970s, based on the updated style of the Santa Land box and the original store price tag of $1.67. The round ornaments are about 2" or so high and have hand painted and glittered abstract designs. One of the red ornaments has a semi-opaque effect on one side only from deterioration of the inner silvering. Otherwise, they're in excellent condition, shiny and reflective with no damage and very little age wear. The box is in good condition as well.

Circa: 1970s
Country of Origin: PL
Manufacturer: Mid Century Poland Import  

Box 12 Premier Unsilvered WWII Striped Bells Christmas War Ornaments This set of unsilvered figural glass bell Christmas ornaments by Premier Glass Works is a rare find. They were made in the 1940s during World War II when silver nitrate was only available for military use, so American ornament manufacturers had to use transparent flashed and painted colors.

The twelve bells are 2-1/4" to 2-5/8" high. Five are solid colors with thin painted white and yellow rings at the centers - one red, two green, and two blue. The other seven ornaments have wide transparent colored center bands with opaque painted stripes above and below, mostly red and yellow, a couple in white and blue with red centers. The unsilvered finishes used during this time period are subject to considerable wear but these ornaments are all in terrific condition, only one, the largest bell, has noticeable paint wear to the red bands and green flashed center. The ornaments have no chips or breaks, many still have the cotton string hanging cords attached by the original owner. The Premier Glass Works box bottom is in good condition. There is no box lid.

American war ornaments were only produced for two or three years and are by their very nature scarce and finite in quantity (as soon as the war ended the manufacturers went back to producing silvered ornaments). They are highly collected today and will only increase in value as their numbers dwindle from loss, breakage, and absorption into private collections.

Circa: 1942 - 1945
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Premier Glass Works  

Box Fantasia Poland 1950s Large Teardrop Indent Glass Christmas Ornaments 12 beautiful larger size Polish blown glass indented teardrop Christmas ornaments in their original Fantasia Brand box. They're about 3-3/4" long, each decorated with pretty hand painted designs and mica glitter trim. These are older ornaments, late 1940s to early 1950s, in a plain, undecorated box marked Fantasia Brand Poland on one end.

The ornaments are in very good vintage condition with no chips, breaks, or major wear but there is some typical mica loss and some of the ornaments have a slight transparency when held to the light from natural deterioration of the inner mercury silvering (colors remain bright and even however). The tin caps are marked Poland. The box is in very good condition and it does have a windowless lid, though it's not shown in the photos.

Circa: 1940s - 1950s
Country of Origin: PL
Manufacturer: Post War Polish Import  

Box Poland Hand Painted Flower Glass Icicle Teardrop Christmas Ornaments A box of five Polish blown glass long teardrop or icicle style Christmas ornaments still in their original box. They're 5-1/4" to 5-1/2" long, finished in bright jewel tone colors of dark pink, gold, blue, green and red. Each is hand decorated with painted white flowers with colored glitter centers.

The ornaments have minor age and handling wear with a few light marks to the finish, nothing very noticeable. The pink teardrop has a chipped pike visible below the metal cap. The box is in good vintage condition with no tears or damage.

Circa: 1960s
Country of Origin: PL
Manufacturer: Mid Century Polish Import  

Box Shiny Brite Striped Glass Christmas Ornaments A set of 12 Shiny Brite round silvered glass Christmas ornaments painted in colorful horizontal stripes. They're 2" high by about 1-3/4" diameter and come in a late 1950s Shiny Brite ornament box. There are no chips or breaks but they do have some typical age and handling wear to the finish or painted stripes.Many of the ornaments have a pearly frosted or transparent effect to the silver areas, caused from natural deterioration of the inner silvering. This is something that eventually affects virtually all silvered ornaments. The box is in very good condition with no tears, cellophane window intact.

Circa: 1950s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Shiny Brite  

Box 12 Poland Teardrop Indent Glass Christmas Ornaments One dozen medium size vintage blown glass Polish teardrop Christmas ornaments in bright colors with colorful reflector indents. They're 3" to 3-1/4" long, a couple a little smaller. Many of the center indents are tinted in multiple colors, the deep indents forming various rayed, star, and flower designs. The backs are nicely decorated too, in fish scale, striped, flowered, squiggle lines, stenciled bell and other patterns.

The ornaments date to the 1950s and do have some wear to the finish, minor spottiness, and wear to the mica glitter. A few have natural deterioration of the inner silvering which causes a semi-transparent effect when the ornaments are backlit, and one has a small sliver-like chip in the rayed center (ornament in the lower right corner, first photo). The plain box has storage wear but is intact, there is no lid.

Circa: 1950s
Country of Origin: PL
Manufacturer: Mid Century Polish Import  

Box 1965 Shiny Brite Miniature Red, Blue, Gold Christmas Ornaments One dozen miniature or feather tree size glass Christmas tree ornaments in their original box by Shiny Brite. There are four each solid red, blue, and gold 1 inch diameter ornaments. The box has the Max Eckardt & Sons name on it, is dated 1965, and states the ornaments are American Made. One of the gold balls has lost quite a bit of its inner silvering, and there is age spottiness as shown but no chips or breaks, and all have their wire hangers. The cellophane box lid window is broken.

Circa: 1965
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Shiny Brite  

Box Shiny Brite Mica Stripes and Stencil Scenes Glass Christmas Ornaments One dozen assorted vintage Shiny Brite stripes and scenes glass Christmas ornaments in a period Shiny Brite box, all with white and colored mica glitter decoration. The sizes range from 2-3/8" to 2-3/4" diameter. They're decorated in a rainbow of colored striped patterns, some with blue, pink, or yellow mica bands, others with white mica. One has a Merry Christmas greeting with holly leaves stenciled in mica glitter on both sides, another has a snowy pine trees stenciled scene. There is typical, normal wear to the finish from age and handling to some of the ornaments. No chips or breaks. The late 1950s era box is in excellent condition with corners and cellophane window intact, A name is written in black on one cover flap.

Circa: 1940s - 1950s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Shiny Brite  

Box 12 Shiny Brite Colorful Stripes Glass Christmas Ornaments A dozen 1-3/4" diameter striped glass Shiny Brite Christmas ornaments in a 1965 dated Shiny Brite box. Many of the ornaments date to the 1950s or even earlier, though no doubt some are original to the box - few people were obsessive enough when taking down their trees to make sure each ornament went back into the same box it came in.

The ornaments are decorated in a rainbow of metallic and opaque colored stripes. Most have silver colored backgrounds, but there are four with solid backgrounds of rich deep blue, red, green, and purple.One has yellow mica stripes. The ornaments do have age-consistent spottiness and color wear but there are no chips or breaks. All have their correct metal caps marked Shiny Brite U.S.A. The box has some wear to the lid and tears to the cellophane window but still fine for storage of the ornaments.

Circa: 1940s - 1960s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Shiny Brite  

Box 15 Extra Large Pink and Red American Made Glass Christmas Ornaments A dozen plus three oversize Mid-Century, American made glass Christmas ornaments in pink and red. Thirteen of the ornaments are a full 3" diameter. One of each color is a little smaller, but even these would be considered fairly large size Christmas ornaments by most standards. Most of the pink ones have Shiny Brite caps, the reds are marked Made in U.S.A. The ornaments have no chips or breaks but they do have some spottiness and uneven coloring from age and handling. They come in a large ornament box with no lid - the box itself measures 15 by 12 inches. I added three additional 3" pink Shiny Brites after the photos were taken, they aren't shown but will be included for a total of 15 ornaments.

Circa: 1950s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Shiny Brite, Others  

Box Lanissa West Germany Icicle Teardrop Glass Christmas Ornaments Three Mid Century long icicle or skinny teardrop blown glass Christmas ornaments in their original box, made in West Germany by Lanissa. They're about six inches long, decorated with white mica squiggle lines. One is turquoise blue, the other two are gold. There is some wear to the mica decoration and the blue ornament has some minor finish wear from age or handling. No chips or breaks. The box is missing the cellophane window but otherwise intact.

Circa: 1955 - 1965
Country of Origin: DE
Manufacturer: Lanissa  

Box 1950s Poland Blown Glass Hand Painted Christmas Ornaments One dozen beautiful blown glass, hand painted Polish larger round Christmas ornaments, mostly in shades of pink and yellow. They're about 3" high by 2-5/8" or so diameter, decorated with mostly flower and floral designs, though some are abstract and two have Christmas tree scenes. The ornaments date to the 1950s, some possibly 1960s.

They're in very good vintage condition, some have minor age and handling wear, and the mica glitter has suffered typical loss in places. The box bottom is marked Fantasia Brand Poland. It's missing the cellophane window and has minor staining and general age wear but is intact with no tears.

Circa: 1950s - 1960s
Country of Origin: PL
Manufacturer: Fantasia Brand, Polish  

Box 12 Unsilvered Glass American War Ornaments Transparent Stripes One dozen American made 1940s glass Christmas ornaments, made during World War II. They're unsilvered, all but one decorated with colorful painted stripes. Three are clear glass with pastel colored stripes and two of these have sprigs of wired tinsel inside. Only one is undecorated, the solid bright red ornament. They range in size from 2-3/8" diameter to just under 2". Several were made by Shiny Brite, at least one is from Premier, and I'm sure other ornament manufacturers are represented as well. Two ornaments have noticeable scratches or wear to the painted stripes, the others are in very good vintage condition. They come with a cardboard box bottom only, no lid.

Circa: 1942 - 1945
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Shiny Brite, Premier, Others  

Box Red Shiny Brite Miniature Glass Christmas Ornaments A dozen box of 1 inch diameter miniature or feather tree size Shiny Brite glass Christmas ornaments in bright Christmas red. Included in the box is a little manila packet labeled "Wire Hangers Enclosed". When new it held the wire hanging loops now attached to the necks of the ornaments, but the original owner used them to store 12 metal ornament hooks for the tree.

The ornaments are in very good condition, without much of the discoloration and age spotting common to these smaller Mid Century American ornaments. Though they are still shiny and reflective, there is some faint loss of the inner silvering which gives them a near-transparent effect when held up to strong light, but it's not noticeable otherwise.The box has a small split at the center back hinge, otherwise it's in very good condition.

Circa: 1940s - 1950s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Shiny Brite  

Box Shiny Brite Eames Era UFO Rings Stripes Glass Christmas Ornaments Whether you call them tops, lanterns, UFOs, or something else, these classic 1940s to 1950s Shiny Brite Christmas ornament shapes are instantly recognizable. They're about 2-3/4" high, silvered with colorful painted horizontal stripes on the staggered rings. They come in a late 1950s to early 1960s Shiny Brite box (not original, the box is a spare that I'm including with the ornaments). The box is intact and has its cellophane window but has darkened with age and has marker ink on the lid. The ornaments have minor age and handling wear as shown but nothing serious and no chips or breaks. All have their correct Shiny Brite U.S.A. metal caps. For some reason the colors appear dark and garish in my pictures - must have been a bad camera day. I think the ornaments look far better in person.

Circa: 1940s - 1950s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Shiny Brite  

Box Green Shiny Brite Miniature Glass Christmas Ornaments A dozen box of 1 inch diameter miniature or feather tree size Shiny Brite glass Christmas ornaments in bright Christmas green. Included in the box is a little manila packet labeled "Wire Hangers Enclosed". When new it held the wire hanging loops now attached to the necks of the ornaments, but the original owner used them to store 12 metal ornament hooks for the tree.

The ornaments are in good condition, very slight age spotting but nothing noticeable. There is however some faint loss of the inner silvering which gives them a pearly appearance and a near-transparent effect when held up to strong light. The box has a slight split at the center of the back hinge and the cellophane window is loose at one corner but intact.

Circa: 1940s - 1950s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Shiny Brite