Girls in Irish-Inspired Yellow Tulip-shaped Nut-Cup with Lily-of-the-Valley Flowers

8” tall, including vintage metal heart charm

SPECIAL FEATURES

A perfect ornament for a collector of all things Irish! Antique scrap twin girls are tucked inside a vintage buttercream yellow crepe paper tulip decoration that has its original ribbon bow and flowers. Gail added an antique scrap scene of a homestead surrounded by flowers, a border of green and gold Dresden paper trims, and her own handle made from antique fabric twisted with vintage wired tinsel and vintage fabric forget-me-nots. HANDMADE 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.