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Antique Silver & Yellow Glass Christmas Ornaments
These are 2 antique glass Christmas ornaments, overall silver colored with yellow painted line design. They are oval shaped, thinner on each end, with the bottom end having an extra smooth round dot of glass -- it doesn't look like the traditional pontil we see at the end on hand blown glass, but perhaps this is another type of pontil, we're not sure. Measure about 3 1/4 inches in length from bottom point to top of round hanging loop and about 1 5/8 inches in width.
The tarnished metal caps are firm and tight on one, but can be lifted off on the other -- this one looks oversize as if it was a replacement cap. The metal prongs that fit inside the glass hold it firmly and we think it will hang fine, but you should know it is not original. There are no markings on either cap. Please note that the white "hot spots" in the images are lighting reflection from the camera.
Nice vintage condition, but they definitely show their age. There are no chips or breaks in the glass bodies; the one with the replacement cap is chipped at the top rim, with this largely covered by the cap (if you look closely in one spot you can see a bit of a rim chip even with the cap on). There is a lot of overall wear to the silver and much wear to the yellow painted lines, with spotting, rubbed areas, darker dots, parts of lines missing, etc. There is some darkening of the glass near the caps. Far from mint, but we think they would still look nice hanging on a tree. Sold separately and priced each.
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Vintage Glass Poland Christmas Ornaments
These are two glass Christmas Ornaments, made in Poland and labelled with this country's name on the metal end caps. We don't think they are old enough to be called antique, but they certainly are vintage and are not new.
They must have been part of a set because, while differing in color and design, they both have either one or two painted white bells on their reverse sides, with painted top bows and glitter applied to the white bell(s). Both have concave or indented round molded designs on one side. One is largely pink with silver glitter in a cross-hatch design, with the other red with a light olive green band and hand painted white line design.
Both measure about 4 inches in length from the bottom point to the top of the top hanging loop, and about 2 1/8 inches in width. The caps on each are firmly attached. Please note the white "hot spots" in the images are lighting reflection from the camera.
Very nice vintage condition, with no chips or breaks in the glass. They do show their age with paint wear (especially on the indented portions which must have been hard to paint), wear to the glitter (particularly on the cross hatch lines on the pink ornament), spotting, rubbed marks, etc. But nothing unusual or unexpected for older ornaments, and still highly usable and would look nice hanging on a tree. Sold separately and priced each.
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