Italian Blown Glass Christmas Ornament With Angel Scene Inside This very scarce blown glass Christmas ornament was made in Italy in the 1950s to early 1960s. Inside the blown glass ornament globe is a hard plastic angel figure blowing a horn, mounted on a gold foil covered disk that forms the bottom of the ornament. The transparent glass ornament is frosted on one side with a partial blue tint. White mica glittered pine trees are painted around the base of the ornament, with the front left clear except for some mica snowflakes to show off the angel scene.

The ornament is 3" diameter by 3-3/4" high to the metal cap, which is marked Made Italy. There's a bit of dust film on the glass which could be very gently cleaned off with a cotton swab in the clear area only.

Circa: 1950s
Country of Origin: IT
Manufacturer: Mid Century Italian Import  

8 Pink and Yellow Stripes Unsilvered Glass WWII Christmas War Ornaments Eight American made glass Christmas ornaments produced during World War II, when shortages and rationing forced American ornament manufacturers to use transparent colors and painted designs instead of silvering their ornaments.

The four striped magenta pink ornaments are just over 2" diameter and have Shiny Brite metal caps but I don't know if they're original - many war ornaments were made with paper caps. Three have the same colored stripe configuration, wide yellow over white and blue. One has a narrow center blue stripe surrounded by two wide white bands. These are in very good condition with bright colors and little wear.

The other four ornaments are a little smaller, about 1-3/4" or so diameter. Two are bright magenta pink, one with painted green leaves or flower petals below the cap. One is bright opaque yellow with lavender stripes, the other is clear with white stripes and a piece of wired silver and red cellophane tinsel. These two have some wear to the yellow paint and the white stripes as shown, the small magenta ornaments have bold color with virtually no wear.

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

Gold Wired Indent Star Comet Christmas Ornament Spun Glass Tail I am not sure if this exceptional German glass Christmas ornament was made pre-war or post war - it would date to either just before 1940 or right after, late 1940s Western Germany. A blown glass flower indent round ornament is wrapped in thin crinkled wire and encircled by a beige chenille star. Attached to the pike at the bottom of the ornament is a 3-3/4" comet tail made of spun glass fibers. Overall length is a little over 6-1/2". The silvered glass ornament is gold with a red tinted center flower indent. There's a little finish wear to the back of the ornament, rub wear from the wires, otherwise it's in excellent condition with no damage. See my other listings for a star comet ornament like this in a different color.

Circa: Late 1930s - 1940s
Country of Origin: DE
Manufacturer: Pre or Post War German Import  

Green Wired Indent Star Comet Christmas Ornament Spun Glass Tail I am not sure if this exceptional German glass Christmas ornament was made pre-war or post war - it would date to either just before 1940 or right after, late 1940s Western Germany. A blown glass flower indent round ornament is wrapped in thin crinkled wire and encircled by a brown chenille star. Attached to the pike at the bottom of the ornament is a 3-3/4" comet tail made of spun glass fibers. Overall length is about 7". The silvered glass ornament is green with a red tinted center flower indent. There is some finish wear to the back of the ornament, rub wear from the wires, and several wires are broken or loose. See my other listings for a star comet ornament like this in a different color.

Circa: Late 1930s - Early 1940s
Country of Origin: DE
Manufacturer: Pre or Post War German Import  

Pair of Blown Glass Figural Bell Christmas Ornaments Two very pretty figural bell Christmas ornaments with pontils forming the clappers at the base. They're nicely decorated with pink, blue, and green geometric bands trimmed with gold glitter around the centers, blue draping with white polka dots at the tops and bases, all on a pearly white satin background with silvered undersides. The bells are 3-1/2" high and in excellent condition with no damage. The metal caps are unmarked, the ornaments date to the 1980s.

Circa: 1980s
 

4 Shiny Brite Unsilvered Patriotic Mica Top or Lantern Glass War Ornaments Whether you call them tops, lanterns, UFOs, or something else, these classic Shiny Brite Christmas ornament shapes are instantly recognizable. They're about 3" high with transparent colored and white mica glitter horizontal stripes on the staggered rings. These ornaments are from the 1940s World War II years, unsilvered. The colors are appropriately patriotic in red, white and blue over clear glass.

The four ornaments are from my personal collection and are in superb condition. The white mica coating is still thick and full, with minor mica loss around the upper edge of just one ornament. There are no breaks or chips and the ornaments are exceptionally clean - the mica is white, not yellowed or discolored. All have their metal Shiny Brite caps.

Circa: 1941 - 1945
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Shiny Brite  

Dozen Vintage Poland Blown Glass Christmas Ornaments A mixed assortment of twelve vintage Polish blown glass Christmas ornaments. All but four are indents, most are teardrop shape. There are three round ornaments and one is shaped like an ice cream cone. The largest is the red teardrop with yellow painted flowers at 3-1/2" long, the smallest a 1-1/2" round gold indent with a flower petal inside (which apparently is covering up a break in the back wall of the indent). The white with red center stripe teardrop is indented on both sides. Some have replacement caps and some do have some color wear and spottiness but all will display beautifully on your vintage Christmas tree.

Circa: 1940s - 1960s
Country of Origin: PL
Manufacturer: Mid Century Poland Imports  

Blown Glass Teardrop Christmas Ornaments in Wired Tinsel Cages Three very pretty blown satin glass long teardrop ornaments, each wrapped in wired metallic tinsel. They are 7 to 8 inches long total; one is blue with silver, one is green with silver, and one is beige-peach with gold. The metal caps are covered with the tinsel but I think the ornaments were made in West Germany. I have a fourth ornament in dark gold with green mercury beads at the bottom that I will include if the buyer wants it (second photo). It has a hole on one side but you may want to use it anyway, hanging the damaged side in toward the tree trunk, or you may have a replacement glass teardrop that will fit the tinsel and bead cage.

Circa: 1950s
Country of Origin: DE
Manufacturer: Mid Century West German Import  

2 Vintage Pink Shiny Brite Figural Top Lantern Glass Christmas Ornaments A pair of vintage Shiny Brite glass Christmas ornaments in the uncommon toy top shape, sometimes called lanterns. They're just over 2-3/4" high, one solid medium pink, the other a brighter, hot pink, almost magenta, with painted green stripes. In good vintage condition with no chips or breaks though the light colored ornament has a bit of color wear.

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

Shiny Brite Unsilvered Mica Yellow Pink WWII Glass War Christmas Ornaments These unsilvered striped glass Christmas ornaments were made by Shiny Brite in the World War II years, 1942 to 1945. The ornament manufacturers had to use transparent sprayed, flashed, and painted-on colors during that time due to military rationing and shortages of silver nitrate.

All have transparent painted purple or magenta rings or stripes with yellow and white mica bands. The round ornament is 2-1/4" high by 2" diameter, the two bell ornaments are about 2-1/8" high to the tops of the metal Shiny Brite caps. There is some wear to the mica glitter as shown, particularly on the bells, otherwise good vintage condition.

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

8 Vintage Wired Tinsel Christmas Ornaments with Mercury Glass Beads These colorful wired tinsel Christmas ornaments are so pretty, and unusual. I'm not sure if someone made them or they were purchased this way. There are eight, each different shape formed from colored wired metallic tinsel and all but two decorated with mercury glass bead ornaments.

The shapes include a dimensional basket, spider web, star, spire drops, and others in blue, pink, turquoise, silver and gold. They range in size from about 4-1/2 to 6 inches high. My pictures didn't turn out well due to poor lighting but they're simply beautiful! Price is for the set of eight.

Circa: 1950s
Manufacturer: Unmarked  

Brilliant Colors Spiked Teardrop Spiral Indent Christmas Ornament This unusual blown glass Christmas ornament is slightly oval shaped with a ribbed spike at the bottom. The spiral indent reflector in the center is very uncommon, both in the near-neon bold coloring and the pinwheel spiral shape. The outside is silver with a wide band of yellow painted around the outside rim, then decorated with white painted curlicue loops. It's about 3-3/4" long and in very good vintage condition with just a touch of wear to the outside yellow band and some rust on the tin cap. I don't think it's marked (can't read it if it is) but the style strongly suggests 1950s West Germany or possibly Poland.

Circa: 1950s
Country of Origin: DE
Manufacturer: Mid Century West German 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  

2 German Mercury Indent Christmas Ornaments Spun Glass Strands Inside A pair of rare 1930s or earlier German blown mercury glass diorama indent type glass Christmas ornaments with double pikes. Instead of a little scene inside the indent, each ornament has a spiderweb-flower of fine spun glass strands in the centers. One ornament is smooth and round with pale blue spun glass, just over 2" diameter. The other has a wide ribbed back and scalloped rim with pale yellow spun glass strands, slightly larger than the other.

The upper pikes have tin metal caps, slightly oxidized. The pikes at the center backs are left open, allowing Christmas tree lights to back light and enhance the center decorations. Both ornaments are very thin and fragile, and have a pearly white coloring from natural loss of the inner mercury silvering. There are some scratches to the outside finish and some dust inside but no breaks or chips, not even to the thread-like spun glass strands. Price is for the pair.

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

4 Unsilvered WWII Mica Snow Capped Dark Pink Glass Christmas War Ornaments A set of four transparent, unsilvered American made glass Christmas ornaments, made during the World War II years of the 1940s when manufacturers did not have access to silvering agents. They are larger in size than most war ornaments, nearly 3" high to the tops of the metal caps. The color is flashed dark pink, almost magenta, with snow capped decoration extending from the tops of glittery white mica. The ornaments are a little dusty and the mica has yellowed some with age, but the color is still good and there are no chips or breaks.

Circa: 1942 - 1945
Country of Origin: US
 

5 Tiny Colorful Feather Tree Indent Glass Christmas Ornaments Five fancy feather tree size glass Christmas ornaments from the 1980s, painted in bright jewel tone colors. The red and silver ball is the only "plain" one, the others are indented and have hand painted designs. The green ornament with the twisted icicle finial has one reflector indent, the yellow with pink centers has two, and the pink/green and blue/pink each have three indents. The largest is barely over 1-3/4" long from pontil to the top of the cap, the smallest is just over an inch high. All five are in very good vintage condition with no damage and only very slight wear. The metal caps are unmarked.

Circa: 1980s
Manufacturer: 1980s Eastern Europe Import  

Poland Circus Carousel Theme Hand Painted Glass Christmas Ornaments These six hand painted 2-3/4" high Polish blown glass ornaments are wonderful. They have a carousel or circus theme, with figures riding a carousel horse and an elephant. Flower petals painted around the top form a tent roof effect above the mica carousel poles. The rider image repeats three times around each ornament, each one a bit different of course due to their hand made nature.

Four blue ornaments are shown but one met with an accident just after the photos were taken, so there are only three. These have yellow riders on red carousel horses. The other three ornaments are magenta or dark pink with green elephants and white and yellow riders. There is some loss of the inner mercury silvering, giving a semi-transparent effect when held to bright light, and typical wear to the mica glitter. Otherwise good vintage condition with painted designs intact.

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

Christmas Mercury Glass and Pinecone Cluster Floral Craft Picks in Turquoise and Pink These vintage floral craft pick clusters are made of silvered, colored mercury glass wired together. The two pretty pick clusters have tiny little pinecones among the glass balls. Pink and silver foil grape leaves are attached to the bottoms of the stems. The ornaments are airbrushed or sprayed hot pink so that part of each is colored and part is silver. Each of the two branches is about 14" long and has three sizes of glass ornaments from about 1-1/2" to less than 1" diameter. I count three missing or broken-off ornaments on one branch, two on the other, and there are a few pine cones with crush damage.

The smaller turquoise or aqua blue cluster has ten oval or egg-shaped glass ornaments wired together with silver foil stems. About 9" long overall with no missing ornaments, though the silver foil is loose at some of the ends.

Circa: 1940s - 1950s
Manufacturer: Unmarked  

3 Unsilvered Shiny Brite Christmas WWII War Ornaments with Mica These unsilvered striped glass Christmas ornaments were made by Shiny Brite in the World War II years, 1942 to 1945. The ornament manufacturers had to use transparent sprayed, flashed, and painted-on colors during that time due to military rationing and shortages of silver nitrate.

There are two 2-1/2" high round ornaments and a scarce 3" unsilvered war era ringed Christmas tree shape. All three have colored stripes and bands of white mica decoration, one with bright yellow mica stripes as well. The round ornaments have remnants of snow flocking and the one with the wide magenta stripe has some scratches to the color, otherwise all three are in very good vintage condition.

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

4 Concave Indented Glass Christmas Ornaments, Make Your Own 3-D Scenes Inside These four 1940s to early 1950s blown glass Christmas ornaments used to have tiny figures or decorations inside the concave center indent or recess. The figures have fallen out or been removed, but the ornaments are still in excellent condition and perfect for making your own diorama scene ornaments.

They're about 2-1/4" diameter with white mica snow backgrounds inside and silver glitter at the openings. Two have replacement metal caps, two have their original Japan marked caps. Two are gold, one is blue, one is green. No chips, breaks, or noticeable age wear, though the gold ornaments still have little bits of greenery or chenille glued to the centers, which can easily be covered up by your own decorations. Price is for the set of four.

Circa: 1940s - 1950s
Country of Origin: JP
Manufacturer: Mid Century Japan Import  

Pair 1950s Striped Double Indent Glass Christmas Ornaments Two American made Mid Century double indent and striped round Christmas ornaments. One of the metal caps says Shiny Brite, and they're certainly Shiny Brite style ornaments, but I don't know which if either cap is original.

The smaller of the two is 2-3/8" diameter, silver with wide red bands, thin green stripes, and painted yellow flowers at either side of the reflector centers. The indents are faceted with 5-petal flowers in the centers and tinted pink.

The other ornament is 2-5/8" diameter, silver with a wide blue center band and yellow and white thin painted stripes. The ringed reflector indents have a flower at the centers tinted red. This ornament has a little chip at the pike under the cap, and both have minor spotting and fading from age and handling.

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

8 Vintage American Glass Hand Painted Roses Christmas Ornaments These 2-1/2" silvered glass Christmas ornaments are so neat. They have hand painted roses, rosebuds, and green leaves. You'll find one or two occasionally, rarely more than a couple, nestled in a box of older American made glass ornaments. I'm not sure who made them, but they apparently stopped being produced by the end of the 1940s if not sooner, no doubt because they were so labor intensive to produce. They're somewhat scarce for USA made ornaments of this era and it's hard to gather a set of them.

This lot of eight ornaments has six with the roses painted in shades of dark pink, one in lighter pink, and one truly scarce ornament with a blue rose and rosebud. They're in good vintage condition with no breaks or chips, though the plain silver areas at the backs and bottoms show typical age spotting. There are a few minor little smudges or tiny scratches to the hand painted flowers and leaves but the delicate designs have survived the years amazingly well. The metal caps are marked "Made in U.S. of A." - the word "of" generally being associated with pre-1945 ornaments. If you like the Shabby Chic or Cottage style look, these wonderful vintage ornaments will put those mass-produced new China imports to shame.

Circa: 1930s - 1940s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Pre War American Production  

Blue Teardrops Unsilvered Glass WWII Christmas Ornaments, Tinsel and Stripes An attractive lot of six blue teardrop shape transparent glass Christmas ornaments, all from the 1940s World War II years, when silver nitrate was not available for civilian use, forcing the ornament manufacturers to use only sprayed and painted colors.

The three larger ornaments are 3-1/4" long. Two have multi-colored painted stripes, one is solid blue. The solid and one of the striped teardrops have wired tinsel inside. The three smaller teardrops are 2-3/4" long, all decorated the same with yellow and white stripes. These have a slightly different blue tint, with an almost violet or purplish hue. The ornaments have no chips or breaks. The coloring and finish is still very good, with one of the large teardrops having some crazing or crackling to the blue color at the neck and tip, and one of the small ornaments has a noticeable scratch to the white stripe paint.

Circa: 1942 - 1945
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: American War Era Production  

Pink and Blue Poland Glass Hot Air Balloon Christmas Ornaments A pair of pretty Mid Century Polish blown glass Christmas ornaments in the shape of hot air balloons, 4 inches tall. One is dark pink, almost light red, with painted stripes on the recessed ribs and gold band at the top to match the gold bulb finial. The pike is chipped, showing just below the metal cap. The other ornament is decorated similarly but the colors are blue and magenta. Both have some mild finish wear from age and handling. The ornament on the left looks more red in the picture than it really is, I'd call the color closer to hot pink.

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

5 Premier Glass Double Indent Lantern Christmas Ornaments Five American made Christmas ornaments from the 1940s by Premier Glass Works. They're 3" tall and have a distinctive, unusual lantern shape with round star indented centers on both sides and flat bands or rings and the tops and bottoms. They're silvered, three are painted in bright red and green stripes, two have red stripes with green tinted indents. The silvering is shiny and reflective on the ornaments with the green stripes but there is some silver loss near the pikes. The other two have turned an almost pearly white color from natural deterioration of the inner silvering. No chips or breaks.

Circa: 1940s
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Premier Glass Works