Angel Looking Through Window on Vintage Holly Candy Box Edged with Gold Trims

6” Tall x 4 1/4” Wide; Intended for decorative use only

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***Our ornaments are almost exclusively made with vintage and antique materials 1880s-1950 (all colorful die-cut paper illustrations are 120+ years old). Scroll past Special Features for details***

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Candy containers like this one are reminiscent of the Victorian passion for boxes and cornucopias that families hung on Christmas night with treats for children to discover in the morning. What I enjoyed most about making this ornament was the adding my own window frames with Dresden Papers to bring magic to an old postcard. I also loved giving new to a 50+ year old Christmas box by repapering the bottom with cool old paper that matches the angel’s wings and rimming the whole box with gorgeous Dresden papers.

This Ornament Tells the story of a celestial visitor on Christmas Eve during Candlelight service at a village church.  At the end of the service the spacious sanctuary is completely wrapped in darkness except for the candles held by each person present. Suddenly everyone holds their breath! A bright light glows like a moon beam from one of the cathedral windows and a hush falls on everyone as an angel steps out of the shadows into full view.

Lovingly handcrafted and signed by Gail Giaimo

 

 

 

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Our Signature Style - To Make an Ornament for You that Lasts for Generations! You will know you have a ultra-custom Dresden Star Work of Art because we sign and date each and every ornament, as well as add our gold hang tag with your specific ornament’s unique one-of-a-kind inventory number on it. You will receive your ornament gently packed between layers of tissue paper in a beautiful embossed gold box with care and handling instructions. With over 15 years of experience, we are expert at wire-wrapping each ornament to help protect it against accidental breakage (just like those smart Victorians). We take extra time and pains to meticulously back every scrap to cardstock and old-stock papers to protect these beautiful and fragile illustrations so they will last for generations to come.

Just Imagine, You are Viewing an Ornament made with Materials 60 to 150 Years Old! Dresden Star Ornaments are almost exclusively made with antique and vintage materials to include: glass ornaments from the 1890s to1950s (most of which were made in Germany); colorful Victorian embossed & die-cut paper “scraps” and chromolithographs from postcards and advertising trade cards (made in Europe between the 1870s and 1910); antique and vintage fabric to include chenille, lace, ribbon and metallic trims; antique and vintage tinsel from tree garlands and old-stock German-made Lametta tinsel; gold and silver old-stock Dresden paper trims, crepe paper, foil, gift wrap, spun-glass, and other embellishments.

Since many of our creations contain glass ornaments that are as much as 120 years old, the condition and patina will vary, which this is part of their vintage one-of-a-kind charm and character. Items described as “antique” are dated between the 1870s and 1920. Items described as “vintage” are dated between the 1920s and the 1950s (mid-century). We also use newer Dresden trims (on occasion) and crinkle wire (to wire-wrap ornaments for durability) made more recently in Germany using techniques and equipment that have not changed over the past 150 years.