12 Vtg Silvered & Unsilvered Xmas Ornaments Diorama Tornados Stenciled Striped
It's not the year. The clock is ticking down to Christmas morning and for many people that means the pressure is on to find the prettiest of Christmas Ornaments to decorate their tree. Rare box of twelve Vintage Shiny Brite, Premier and Corning Christmas Ornaments. This box of twelve vintage ornaments contains World War II Era Unsilvered and Silvered Shiny Brite and Corning Ornaments produced in the 1940's to early 1950's in the USA. And a Diorama with Reindeer in the forest standing on a snowy ground was made in Czechoslovakia 1960's - 1970's. WW II Era Silvered and Unsilvered Christmas Ornaments.
Made by Shiny Brite, Premier, Corning Glass Works, Inc. Rare and hard to find box of Twelve WW2 Era Silvered and Unsilvered Christmas Ornaments. Shiny Brite Unsilvered Round Ornament.
Matte Blue Unsilvered Ornament with white mica stencil. The stencil is of two lite candles and holly garland which is repeated twice.
It measures 2.5 tall. Unsilvered Ornament with two different abstract floral designs.
The abstract floral designs are white and blue mica. Corning Blue Stenciled Silvered Round Ornament. Hard to find a real oldie but goodie. Blue Stenciled Ornament with Christmas Angels, "Hark the Herald Angels".
The white mica stencil of Angels with trumpets in a starry sky over a snowy village. The stencil is repeated twice. It measures 2.25 tall.
Corning Blue Unsilvered Round Ornament. It measures 2.75 tall. Corning Unsilvered Round Ornament with. Paper hanger which is in perfect operating condition.
Unsilvered Ornament with thick pink, white and thick light blue mica stripes. Shiny Brite Unsilvered Clear Tornado ornament. It is heavily accented with mica glitter at the top with sections/rings of heavy white mica glitter. Alternating with painted sections of light blue and rosy pink.
Outside painted light blue unsilvered ornament with three yellow mica stripes. The metal Premier cap, which is quickly recognized by collectors, has very faint markings. Shiny Brite Silvered Tornado Ornament. Silver ornament with sections/rings from the top down of blue, pink, blue, pink and blue. This wonderful and extremely rare ornament is hard to find.Corning Brite Unsilvered Round Ornament. Unsilvered Ornament with a TINSEL SPRIG. This unsilvered ornament has green, pink and blue mica stripes.
Blue Ornament has Holiday Scene Stencil of White glittered'SANTA in Sleigh with Reindeer'. T he stencil is repeated twice on the ornament.
M ade in the U. Outside painted yellow unsilvered ornament with three thin mica stripes of light blue. The celluloid insert depicts a Reindeer standing in the forest with the snow falling in the night sky. The deer is walking though the snow the ground is coated with white glitter. The snowflakes are falling over the entire teardrop diorama ornament as you can see. The ornament has glitter snowflakes on the back as well. This large teardrop diorama is in excellent condition.I have had this for years and have never taken it out of its original packaging. This set of vintage ornaments have their original caps. The caps of the Shiny Brite Ornaments are impressed'SHINY BRITE MADE IN USA'. The cap of the Corning Glass Works Ornament is impressed'MADE IN THE U. The caps the Premier Glass Works ornaments is impressed lightly but the caps are quickly recognized by Premier Ornament Collectors Made in U.
The Teardrop Diorama'Reindeer' Ornament cap reads "Czechoslovakia". A great combination of WW2 era silvered and unsilvered Christmas ornaments. Each ornament has been check.
They have no cracks or chips. The pikes have been check and there is no damage. Ornaments will be packed a new ornament storage box.
T hese Shiny Brite, Premier and Corning Christmas Ornaments were made in the USA in the 1940's through 1950's. The diorama was made in. Czechoslovakia in the 1960's - 1970's. All in very good vintage condition considering their age.
These beautiful Christmas Ornaments are from my private collection. They have been tucked away and have not been displayed for years. I have taken 17 photos. Please examine and enlarge each one before making your decision. I have packed these ornaments carefully with lots of tissue and bubble wrap. These ornaments are'double boxed'. These rare and beautiful Christmas Tree Ornaments are from my private collection and have been tucked away and have not been displayed for years. Considering they are over 70 years old, they are in nice vintage condition.Please examine and enlarge each one. I have packed these ornaments carefully with lots of issue and bubble wrap. Really rare combination of sought after Ornaments. In 1939 England was at war with Nazi-controlled Germany and the British Navy set up blockades that effectively stopped any exports from war-torn Europe reaching the United States of America.
Many Americans found their first wartime shortage was to be Christmas decorations. Up to this point, most of the Christmas decorations used by Americans came from Germany, Czechoslovakia or Japan. To cover this shortage, the Corning Glass Company started to produce round clear glass balls that were blown automatically by machine rather than hand blown by mouth as their European counterparts had been. Corning produced these new American made ornaments 24 hours a day and by 1944 they were making 40 million round glass ornaments per year. During the early years of World War II the new American made Christmas ornaments did not look all that different from those still being produced today.
From 1939 through 1941 the ornaments were shiny, thanks to being coated on their interior with a silver nitrate solution. These shiny glass balls were often decorated with painted stripes and topped with a metal cap embossed with "Made in the US of A". With The United States joining in the war in 1941, wartime shortages and restrictions of materials started to plague the new American glass ornament industry. The silver nitrate solution was declared to be "nonessential" by the War Production Board and the manufacturing of it was stopped. By 1942 American ornaments were being produced without their shiny look.
To compensate, some companies inserted a sprig of shiny silver colored tinsel inside the ornament to give it the familiar sparkle that the public was used to. Soon, even the silver tinsel was used up and the ornaments were left without any inside decoration.Around 1943 all metal was needed for the war effort and the ornament industry could no longer produce metal caps for their glass decorations. Again the companies became creative and started using caps made out of either cardboard or paper and with a piece of cord in place of a metal hanging hook. Some companies used a type of cardboard hanging hook that fastened inside the ball. Other decorating companies were forced to use a little piece of wood stuck sideways in the neck of the ball, with a cord tied to it. Finally, with the end of World War II in 1945, wartime restrictions on materials were relaxed and the more standard Christmas tree ornaments were again being produced in 1946, with the phrase "Made in the USA" embossed on the metal cap.
Collecting paper capped ornaments does have advantages. They are easy to date as to years of production, are still easy to locate and are rather affordable. They are also a piece of American history from a time of shortages, hardships, and ingenuity. They will be a great addition to your vintage Christmas Ornament Collection. Please enlarge all photos that I have taken to see the condition of these ornaments.
Please remember, these ornaments were made in the 1940's and 1950's. They will show signs of age, use and storage. Ornaments have been carefully wrapped in tissue and bubble wrap. Please do not hesitate to contact me.We will be listing many more vintage Christmas ornaments. You will love the selection. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Please check back again soon!
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