A Christmas Tradition - Vintage Ornaments

Traditional hand-blown glass Christmas ornaments never seem out of fashion. There is something special about them, they pull for years and years smiling, bringing back memories. The family atmosphere on Christmas decorations is one of the rituals that make the holiday special. This month we will talk about vintage Christmas decorations.

Hand-blown or machine made.

A hand-blown glass ornament is one of the indicators that can be vintage. However, hand-blownForms with vintage ornaments are made today. To find out if an ornament is mouth-blown, remove the stem from the base of ornament. Ornaments that are hand-blown have an irregular basis because it is not possible for a glass blower, a tie. Machine-made ornaments will be a regular basis. If an ornament is made out of the car, maybe it's not particularly old.

Large or small.

The first ornaments were smaller than modern ornaments. Were made for the softerHand-painted color details. you can see that the color faded or distressed in areas of vintage jewelry. Are you trying to represent some ornaments in a variety of sizes, small reflector ornaments, unusual shapes, or those of food. These were common themes for the old ornaments.

Forms.

Originally ornaments were used to represent the fullness of the harvest with a focus on food and natural elements. Bird ornaments represent the biblical messengerthat God's love and peace for the world. The birds were also a symbol of good luck and happiness. forms of fruits and vegetables symbolize the harvest. Pickle forms meant happiness. forms of fish were a symbol of early Christians for Christ. Star shape represented the star of Bethlehem. During Victorian times were reflectors ornaments (ornaments with geometric concave indentations), often called witches and the eyes were placed on the Christmas tree to ward off evil spirits.

SourcesVintage ornaments.

Ebay, antique shops, flea markets, church sales and flea markets are all good reasons to hunt for vintage ornaments.

Value.

Prices may vary from $ 2 to $ 200 depending on condition and rarity. New or old ornaments are made by the German company Lauscha highly collectible by the recent decline of society.