Four assorted Pre-World War I Glass German Glass Ornaments. Elegant Detail

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Four Assorted German Christmas Tree Orname nts. All of these are earlier Pre-World War I German Ornaments. Gold sphere, strawberries and leaves hand-painted and decorated with Venetian Dew (ground glass chips) Bright pink sphere. Stunning black bird design. Very simple gold sphere, with individually painted little blossoms all over the sphere. Single sided bright pink indent. Gold sphere, again decorated around rim with Venetian Dew. 2.50" in diameter. Glass ornamentsblown in Germany and hand painted there in early 1900s previous to World War I. This was a cottage industry, a means for the Germans to make money during the winter when they could not work in the fields. The sons and fathers blew the ornaments. The girls and mom would silver the ornaments inside, and then individually paint the ornaments, and grandma would take to the train station in the spring when the others were back in the fields. Then they went to the sea coast, put on ships, and arrived in New York to be delivered across the country, and we used them to decorate our trees. The origin is Lauscha, Germany. We are an older couple which are down-sizing. These ornaments did not fit on the trees this year, and it seems senseless to keep them in boxes in the back bedroom closet. So hopefully new caretakers can be found for these German ornaments being listed read more

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