Boy in Scrap Sailboat on Pastel Green Glass Boat Edged in Chenille Tinsel

6” tall

SPECIAL FEATURES

This oh so elegant treatment for our antique scrap boy in a sailboat festooned with pink flowers is accented by wonderful vintage chenille-and-tinsel garland, circa 1930s glass icicle ornament (turned on its side to create a boat), vintage pale pink glass pike (mast) decorated with antique tinsel ribbon, antique scrap “I think of thee” motto, and antique “A Merry Christmas” script.

Lovingly handcrafted and signed by Gail Giaimo.

THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND ORNAMENT IS MADE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY 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. Items described as “antique” are dated between 1870 and the early 1900s (prior to WWI). Items described as “vintage” are dated between 1915 (WWI) and the 1950s (mid-century). We also use Dresden trims (only on occasion) and crinkle wire (always used for durability) made more recently in Germany using techniques and equipment that have not changed over the past 150 years.