Little Chick Riding Pastel Striped Easter Hot Air Balloon Rimmed in Flowers

10” tall, including glass bell

SPECIAL FEATURES

This adorable airborne chick ornament has everything you could ever desire on an Easter-inspired ornament – cheerful multicolored pastel striped vintage glass sphere; satin glass bell in blended soft pink, cream, and the palest of blue; vintage fabric Spring flowers in velvety tones matched to the soft buttercream tones of our antique paper chick, hand cut from an antique postcard and sporting a vintage silk ribbon bow. Ornament is meticulously detailed with silver and gold Dresden papers and dainty antique fabric trim. HANDMADE AND SIGNED BY GLENN AND 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.