Glass Songbird on Victorian Glass bead with hanging Glass Lantern

6“ Tall x  3“ Wide; Perfect size to showcase on a tabletop feather tree

SPECIAL FEATURES

This ornament would feel right at home on a feather tree and was designed to look like an authentic original ornament made over 100 years ago. This little bird has his original fan and looks right at home among silk flowers. He is perched on a large golden Victorian glass bead that I meticulously striped alternating gold and silver narrow trims. I added an old loop tinsel wire decoration for hanging. A tiny lantern bead with Dresden paper Rose and tinsel puff dangles from the bottom of the bead.

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.