Lily Fairy with Lyre on Antique Glass Bumpy Bell

7” tall, including glass beads

SPECIAL FEATURES

This antique scrap flower sprite is the kind of fairy you might find among the lilies in your garden if you are quiet and observant enough to hear the drifting tunes she plays on her tiny lyre. She is nestled inside an antique glass bumpy bell, adorned with antique silver and golden Dresden papers and vintage delicate glass beads. A curvaceous transparent glass pike and vintage lily-of-the-valley flowers “grow” from inside the glass bell. 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.