3 Dimensional German Plastic Angel in Moon Christmas Ornament This is an early plastic Christmas ornament, made in pre-war Germany. It's a 3-dimensional diorama style ornament with a curly haired cherub or angel holding a lute inside a yellow moon shaped circle, 1-3/4" diameter. A thin gold cord is attached to the top loop for hanging.

The angel is wonderfully detailed and hand painted. It's in good condition with no chips, cracks, or damage, however it has some soiling to the face and bare feet and should be cleaned (try just a q-tip and water first as I'm not sure whether the angel's paint will survive anything stronger). The ornament is marked on the back Made In Germany.

Circa: 1930s
Country of Origin: DE
Manufacturer: Pre-War German Import  

Beautiful Bubble Angels Plastic Christmas Ornaments in Original Box This set of exceptionally nice vintage plastic Christmas ornaments consists of six pretty musical angel figures encased in big clear plastic bubbles. The angels are arranged in a type of diorama scene inside the transparent ball with gold pine trees in the backgrounds. Each is encircled by gold filigree plastic braid.

The ornaments are 4" diameter and have satin hanging cords tied to the tops. Each angel wears a different colored gown and plays a different musical instrument. They come in the original plain cardboard box with a label marked Made in Hong Kong. The ornaments are in very good vintage condition with no chips, cracks, or damage other than an occasional rub mark or light scratch.

Circa: 1960s
Country of Origin: HK
Manufacturer: Mid Century Hong Kong Import  

Porcelain Angel With Horn Wired Tulle Wings Clip On Christmas Ornament This clip-on ceramic musical angel figurine Christmas ornament was made in 1950s Japan. About 3-3/4" high, she has wired tulle wings decorated with glitter and holds a musical horn instrument in her raised arms. A metal spring clip is attached to her back so that she can decorate your Christmas tree as an ornament, or adorn a wreath or other decoration. She also stands upright as a figurine. Marked Japan in red on the underside, the angel is in excellent condition with no damage or crazing, and little if any wear to the gold trim. Ideal for display year round as the gold and white colors are not specific to Christmas only.

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

Clip On Belsnickle Santa Candle Christmas Ornament This vintage clip-on Christmas ornament is a carved candle depicting a Belsnickle Father Christmas style Santa Claus, 3-1/2" high not including the wick or tin spring clip. I am not sure that it's actually wax, it feels more like composition but I'm not about to light it or scrape it to find out for sure. The Santa has a hand painted flesh tone face that looks like molded clay, white beard and mittens, red coat, and white cotton fur around the bottom of his coat which is dusted with iridescent glitter. There is some crazing of the red paint and a smidge of wear to the white. The unmarked clip looks new but the ornament does not, it may have been added later.

Country of Origin: DE
 

Sealed Package Shiny Brite Chenille Clay Face Santa Angel Figures This 1950s package of Shiny Brite chenille Christmas package ties has never been opened and is an amazing find. Inside are at least 12 chenille figures and decorations, four of them clay face Santa Claus figures. Two of the Santa faces are on red and white chenille stars with mercury glass beads at the points, hand painted molded clay faces (each different), and real cotton beards. There are two other chenille Santas with red chenille bodies, arms, and legs, pointy chenille caps, and cotton beards. They hold green chenille trees in one hand and are just over 3" tall.

I can also see two chenille candy canes with foil holly leaves in the bag, a pair of little chenille pixie elves with spun cotton faces and mercury glass bead feet, two white brushy chenille snowmen with top hats and spun cotton heads holding chenille candy canes, and two chenille angels in pink and blue holding candles. It looks like most of the figures have pipe cleaner chenille stems at the back for attaching to tree limbs, gift packages, or wherever you wish. The cardboard package header says "Christmas Package Ties, A Shiny-Brite Product, Japan". The figures are in perfect, mint condition inside the never-opened package.

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

Antique Cotton Batting Clay Face Santa in Tinsel Ring Christmas Ornament This wonderful antique Christmas ornament features a composition or clay face Santa Claus figure hanging inside an oval ring of wired gold feather tinsel garland. About 3-1/2" long overall, the Santa figure is a little over 2-1/2 inches tall. He has a faded red suit made of cotton batting, a white cotton beard, and old cotton pipe cleaner chenille "fur" trim around his cap. Santa's belt is a strip of black paper, his charming skinny legs are black spun cotton. The figure is tied to the tinsel loop with faded red cotton string.

These Santas were made in both Germany and Japan, the tinsel garland would have come from Germany. There is mild, age appropriate wear to the tinsel and Santa but aside from the unavoidable fading of the red cotton batting and tarnish to the tinsel, the ornament is in marvelous condition for its age with no tears or damage.

Circa: 1915 - 1920
Country of Origin: DE
Manufacturer: Pre War German Import  

Jeweled Pink Satin Christmas Ornament With Flowered Cabochon This fancy beaded and jeweled Christmas ornament has an oval flowered cabochon in a goldtone metal frame in the center. Four faux pearl flowers with clear rhinestone centers surround the cabochon, all glued to a 3" hot pink satin-wrapped round flat disc ornament. The ornament is bordered by layers of pink velvet ribbon, strung plastic pearls, and gold braid. An elaborate plastic pearl and goldtone filigree finding tops the ornament. I am not sure if the cabochon is milk glass or plastic, it feels like hand painted glass. The back is undecorated. No damage or missing pieces.

Circa: 1970s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Mid Century Hand Crafted  

Box Bradford Italian Plastic Teapot or Mushroom House Christmas Ornaments In the early and mid 1960s, Italian manufacturers experimented with making quality plastic Christmas ornaments that looked like delicate hand blown glass. They did a great job of it too but the trend must not have lasted very long, as you don't find them as often as other Italy ornaments of the era. This box of six house or cottage ornaments was made for Bradford in Italy. Unless you pick them up and tap them, or drop them onto concrete and marvel that they didn't break, you'd swear they were glass.

The ornaments look like teapot cottages with different front and back views, though they could be mushrooms. They're just under 3" high, decorated in colorful silvered reflective shades of blue, dark pink/red, gold and silver with white mica and gold glitter trim. They're in excellent condition with no damage or finish wear, and come in their original Bradford Novelty box. Box is in good condition with slight age wear and faint descriptive writing down the side edge of the lid, cellophane window is intact.

Circa: 1960s
Country of Origin: IT
Manufacturer: Bradord Novelty  

Jeweled Green Satin Christmas Ornament With Flowered Cabochon This fancy beaded and jeweled Christmas ornament has an oval flowered cabochon in a goldtone metal frame in the center. Four faux pearl flowers with clear rhinestone centers surround the cabochon, all glued to a 3" light green satin-wrapped round flat disc ornament. The ornament is bordered by layers of pale pink velvet ribbon, strung plastic pearls, and gold braid. An elaborate plastic pearl and goldtone filigree finding tops the ornament. I am not sure if the cabochon is milk glass or plastic, it feels like hand painted glass. The back is undecorated. I have two ornaments available, identical except for the placements of the pearl and rhinestone flowers. No damage or missing pieces. Price is per ornament.

Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Mid Century Hand Crafted  

Box 1950s Shiny Brite Christmas Pinecone Chenille Gnomes Elves in Mesh Swings This is a scarce boxed set of four 1950s Shiny Brite pine cone gnomes, elves or dwarfs. About 3-3/4" high, each elf is sitting in a wired metallic foil mesh swing Christmas ornament. The mesh swings have a gold foil hanger but they can stand upright as well. The gnomes have hand painted hard plastic faces, chenille arms and legs, spun cotton feet, and flocked paper caps. Each sits on a little snow flocked pinecone and each holds a musical instrument or songbook made of chenille or foil scrap.

The elves are in excellent, like-new condition with no signs of damage or wear. The cardboard box says "A Shiny-Brite Product" and "Christmas Novelty Ornament and Decoration, No. 8683 4 Pcs Japan". The box has tears to the cellophane windows but is otherwise in good condition.

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

3 Vintage Jeweled Satin Christmas Ornaments With Rhinestones, Angel These three fancy Christmas ornaments were made by hand in the 1970s, possibly from kits. Each is 3-1/4" diameter and starts with a flat round disc covered in blue or gold satin threads onto which jewels, figures, braids and other decorations are applied with glue and pins.

The lovely gold ornament has a gold plastic angel in the center with a metallic gold foil halo with tiny clear rhinestones at the points. The angel is encircled with more gold foil trim, faux pearls, and slightly larger clear rhinestones. Nice quality thick metallic gold braid is applied to the outside edges of the ornament, and it's topped by gold velvet ribbon and a double faux pearl finial. The ornament is decorated the same on both sides (two angel scenes).

Next is a jeweled ornament wrapped with iridescent metallic light blue fibers. It's a big snowflake type design with faux pearls, multi-colored flat back glass rhinestones over a gold foil paper medallion. Rimmed in gold braid and string faux pearls, the ornament is topped with a gold plastic and rhinestone cap piece. This ornament is also decorated the same on both sides.

The other blue ornament has faux pearls, dark blue rhinestones, and a silver foil medallion surrounding a glass star jewel. Silver braid surrounds the sides with a pearl flower top decoration. The back side is undecorated. All three ornaments are in excellent condition with no damage or missing pieces.

Circa: 1970s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Mid Century Hand Crafted  

5 Pastel Beaded and Jeweled Vintage Christmas Ornaments These five pretty beaded and jeweled satin Christmas ornaments were hand made in the 1970s, possibly from kits. The decorations are pinned and glued to satin-covered foam egg, round, and flat disc shapes in pink, green, white and yellow. Rhinestone jewels, faux pearls, flower beads, and metal filigree findings are combined with velvet ribbons and metallic braids or trims, even embroidered flower appliques to create five fancy, feminine ornaments ranging from the small green flowered at 1-1/4" diameter by 1-3/4" high to the fancy pearl studded egg shape at 4" long including the finials. All five ornaments are in excellent condition with no missing beads or stones and no damage.

Circa: 1970s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Mid Century Hand Crafted  

4 Porcelain Christmas Angel Bell Ornaments I love these little 1950s angel bell ornaments - I call them the Uh-Oh girls. Don't the open O-mouth expressions on their faces say "Uh-oh, we've been caught red-handed"? Whatever they've been up to, they're simply adorable.

About 1-5/8" tall, each angel holds a different item - a star, candle, or gift, and each has a colored satin ribbon tie (worn and faded now, and one is almost completely gone, only the knot remains). One is missing her ceramic clapper, the other two make a little tinkling ring when shaken. None have any chips, cracks, or flakes. Marked Japan in red on the insides.

**Update: Update: I've added a fourth angel bell to the group, shown in the first and last pictures. She's very similar to the other three but a little larger. Excellent condition with clapper intact. I've dropped the price a bit too.


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

Lot of 7 Beaded Jeweled Vintage Christmas Ornaments An assortment of seven 1970s hand made beaded and jeweled smaller Christmas ornaments, possibly made from kits. The three circular scene ornaments are 2" and 2-1/4" diameter with plastic angels and a carousel pony inside. The frames are made of stiffened coiled velvet ribbon enhanced with strings of faux pearls, gold braids, and decorative rhinestone caps.

The four fancy satin-covered ornaments are miniature, the largest just 1-1/4" high. They are decorated with a variety of braids and trims, jewels, rhinestones, and faux pearls. All seven ornaments are in excellent condition with no damage, and all have cord or ribbon hangers.

Circa: 1970s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Hand Crafted Holiday Decoration  

1930s Gold Tinsel and Silver Foil Candy Container Christmas Ornament Made in the mid 1930s, this old American made Christmas ornament has a 2 inch round silver foil candy container center surrounded by loops of antique gold wired feather tinsel roping. A lacquered composition red berry hangs from the bottom. The ornament measures 5" long overall by about 3" wide. The original paper label with a U.S. patent number dating to 1934 is still attached to the top of the foil ball.

The seams around the container as well as the foil are fully intact. I haven't opened it as the bead clapper and tinsel are wired through the center of the ball. Aside from some tarnish to the tinsel, the ornament is in excellent condition for its age.

Circa: 1934
Country of Origin: US
 

Porcelain Angel With Lyre Wired Tulle Wings Clip On Christmas Ornament This clip-on ceramic musical angel figurine Christmas ornament was made in 1950s Japan. About 3-1/4" high, she has wired tulle wings decorated with glitter and holds a lyre or harp musical instrument with one hand posed away from her body. A metal spring clip is attached to her back so that she can decorate your Christmas tree as an ornament, or adorn a wreath or other decoration. She also stands upright as a figurine. Ideal for display year round as the gold and white colors are not specific to Christmas only. Marked Japan in red on the underside, the angel is in excellent condition with no damage or crazing, and little if any wear to the gold trim. Three are available, price is per angel.

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

Foil and Mercury Glass Christmas Bell Wreath and Ornament Two Mid Century Christmas decorations in metallic foil and colored mercury glass beads or balls. The 8-1/2" diameter wreath has a foil covered cardboard base and is decorated with sturdy silver aluminum star flower reflectors, each with a wired mercury glass bead in the center.A magenta red metallic plastic bell hangs from the center. There is one missing bead, otherwise excellent condition.

The 3" diameter kissing ball type ornament is made the same way, with foil reflectors and larger mercury glass beads. Like the wreath, it has a wire hanger and is in excellent condition with no damage. There are no labels but the decorations were very likely made in Japan.

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

2 Vintage Christmas Putz Village Cardboard Houses and Bottle Brush Tree Three vintage pieces for your putz Christmas village display. The red-roofed house can stand alone or hang as a tree ornament. It's 3" by 2" by 2" high with applied paper windows and door, coated with crushed mica in white and yellow.

The other building looks like a church, glittered green with a white mica-coated roof. The door and red cellophane windows are intact but there is no base. A hole in the back will take a light bulb. About 3" wide by 2-3/4" high.

The snow-flocked bottle brush tree has a red wooden stand and measures just over 3" high. None of the three pieces are marked but they were likely made in Japan.

Circa: 1940s
Country of Origin: JP
Manufacturer: Unmarked Japan Imports  

Lot of 1970s Natural Style Christmas Ornaments and Decorations with Corn Husk Angels This assortment of vintage Christmas ornaments and decorations is from the late 1960s to mid 1970s era, when natural materials were popular.

There are two corn husk dolls or angels, about 5-1/2" high. They wear red velour aprons and red checked kerchiefs, with tied twig frames around their heads (wings or what, I'm not sure). Each has a gold cord hanger and they are unmarked.

The feathered bird ornament is a mallard duck, 5" long. Wires extend from the webbed plastic feet so you can attach the duck to a tree branch or wreath.

The bottle brush wreath is snow-flocked with a red metallic lamé ribbon and gold cord hanger, 3-1/2" diameter.

Next is a garland of seven frosted plastic bells tied with a lace and ribbon roses bow, still in its original, unopened package. Made in Taiwan.

The last items are all satin-wrapped styrofoam ornaments: an unopened package of six Bradford green balls 1-1/2" diameter, and two bells with jingle bell clappers, one blue, one coral. Each is decorated with gold stars and braid and is 2-1/4" long.

Circa: 1960s - 1970s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Various  

6 Jewel Brite 3D Plastic Angel Scene Christmas Ornaments This set of six Jewel Brite or Jewelbrite by Decor acrylic 3-dimensional Christmas ornaments dates to the 1960s. They are faceted (the backs look like big pointed rhinestones) and have cutouts in the centers with 3-dimensional plastic musical angels and tinsel inside each. The inner backs are mirrored, reflecting light and creating depth. The ornaments are about 3-1/2" diameter. There are three blue, two yellow, and one red. One yellow ornament has a heat mark on the back which did not cause any holes or breaks, otherwise they're in very good vintage condition.

Circa: 1960s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: JewelBrite Decor Novelty  

3 Mica Putz Christmas Village Decorated Houses Ornament Size These little putz type cardboard mica village buildings are so pretty. I think they are mangers or stables, open at the fronts. Each is decorated with various elements like enameled holly leaves, little bottle brush trees, wired mercury beads, and lacquered berries. They're ornament sized (one is missing the top wire hanger), about 2-1/4" wide. The buildings are painted colorfully in green, sage, and pink under the crushed mica glitter. All are in very good vintage condition. One price for all three.

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

Box Chenille Spun Cotton Santa Claus and Snowman Christmas Putz Figures A set of six "Merry Miracles" 2-3/4" tall vintage chenille and spun cotton snowman and Santa Claus putz type figures or Christmas ornaments, still in their original box.

The three snowmen have plastic top hats, green chenille ear muffs, and red flannel jackets. Each carries a chenille and rayon thread broomstick.

Two of the Santa figures have red flannel and white chenille hats, real cotton beards, and carry chenille candy canes. The third Santa looks like a replacement, he has chenille skis.

Each figure stands by itself on a white painted cardboard disc and also has a gold cord hanger. They all have red or white chenille arms and red lacquered berry noses. All are marked Japan on the underside of the bases with the exception of the skiing Santa, which stands fine but has no base. The box has tears to the cellophane window and some age discoloration.

Circa: 1950s
Country of Origin: JP
Manufacturer: Lee Wards Import  

Figural Yuletide Novelty Ceramic Bells Japan Christmas Ornaments in Original Box The original box to this set of figural porcelain ceramic Christmas bells is pretty trashed, but the eight figural bell ornaments inside are in great shape. About 2-1/4" high, the characters include Santa and Mrs. Claus, three girl angels, a snowman, a winter girl holding a wreath, and a cute elf. All have ceramic clappers inside to make them ring and gold cords at the top (some with additional string added) from which to hang from the Christmas tree.

There are no chips or cracks, and only Mrs. Claus has a bit of wear to her red cold paint - the others are fine. The box lid, marked Yuletide Novelty Tree Ornaments Japan, is torn with lots of tape, not very attractive but it's done the job of protecting the bells over the last 50-odd years.

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

4 Japan Wired Tulle and Chenille Christmas Angel Ornaments A set of four wired white tulle Christmas angels to use as tree ornaments, wreath decorations, or package tie-ons. They're about 2-1/2 inches high with spun cotton heads, chenille arms, yellow curly chenille hair, and wired chiffon tulle gowns and wings decorated with glitter. The angels have pipe cleaner stems to attach to tree limbs, wreaths, gift bows, Christmas light strings, or wherever you'd like to display them. Unmarked but made in Japan in the 1950s to 1960s. One has a small spot on the side of her head, otherwise they're in excellent vintage condition.

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

Box Germany Plastic Diorama Indent Scene Christmas Ornaments A scarce boxed set of six German plastic diorama indent Christmas ornaments with scenes and figures inside. The 2-1/4" diameter half-circle ornaments are bordered at the rims with gold carved-effect filigree frames and have thin gold cord hangers. There are two each blue, pink, and bright yellow ornaments, each with a different figure or scene: Santa Claus, angels, a deer, a winter village church, and a Nativity scene with the Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus.

The ornaments are in excellent condition, possibly a bit dusty from many years of storage but no damage or wear. The box has a tape-repaired tear on the lid as well as tape marks on the sides but is otherwise intact with the original 88 cent price tag. This appears to be the original box but oddly it's marked on the side Made In Western Germany, while the ornaments themselves are each marked on the back Germany. I believe the ornaments were actually produced before the post-war division of East and West Germany but were not exported for sale until after the war ended.

Circa: 1939
Country of Origin: DE
Manufacturer: Pre or Post War German Import