Comments on: Some Christmas Baubles

By: Ellie Bartleman

Ellie Bartleman — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:14:54 +0000

Hi – I notice your last comment was several years ago but I’ll try anyway!
What an interesting article, thank you!
I have some glass baubles handed down from my mum – some are quite old – at least 60 years and maybe older. I love them, they are so pretty and irridescent and the paint is still intact on all of them.
However a few have perished around where the hanging ring is – the glass has crumbled away. Do you know how I can repair them? I can still hang them all but I’m worried they might perish more and would like to stengthen them without spoiling them.
Many thanks,
Ellie

By: Anne Forster

Anne Forster — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:08:02 +0000

Gentle author, loved the post about your ornaments. I visited my daughter before Christmas who lives deep in Herefordshire. Her tree hangs with old ornaments and also childish felt ones that she made when she was a child. She treasures them and it makes me glad. She also buys new ones and they are a delight to see. Long live those who adore Christmas of old.

A happy New year Gentle Author , and thankyou for providing many a happy time reading your posts.

By: Susan Lendroth

Susan Lendroth — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:02:38 +0000

I opt for golden beehive as a description of your mystery ornament! But as you said, it’s the Christmas magic and the memories that matter, not their origins.

By: Candice Lyons

Candice Lyons — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:02:57 +0000

What a lovely collection of ornaments. I have a lot of glass beauties myself, but could not use them this year because we adopted two kittens and they were into the tree before we could even start decorating. Maybe next year, when they’re bigger, we’ll get the glass ones out. Wishing you a Happy New Year full of many blessings.

Candice

By: chocolategirl64

chocolategirl64 — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:30:23 +0000

I have a nice little collection of glass baubles too ^_^ some haven't survived the children when they were younger, or visiting dogs tails: but I lucked to find some in a charity shop recently and replenished my stash: there's something nostalgic about them indeed: I'm glad I'm not the only one who enjoys their handpainted kookiness: happy holidays

By: Joan

Joan — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:08:06 +0000

The most amazing glass ‘ornaments’ I have seen are the ones produced by the father and son Blaschka of various sea creatures.

http://designmuseum.org/design/leopold-rudolf-blaschka

Some of them were on show at the Natural History Museum in their ‘Deep’ exhibition earlier this year and I know that the Grant Museum (due to reopen in the coming year) has some too.

Gentle author, your Christmas posts once again have shown that you must be a really nice person to be around. That can be the only explanation for the number and variety of invitations that you get to share in other people’s lives.

All best wishes for the year ahead.

Joan

By: Kate Mayfield

Kate Mayfield — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:40:13 +0000

I collect antique Christmas ornaments too! I never knew there was anyone who loved them as much as I do. I appreciated the German origin information. Many of mine are from Germany and I too have the original boxes. What a delight they are. My collection began long ago in the southern USA when my father befriended an eccentric elderly lady (who only wore red) who showed me her collection. I was smitten. She ordered all sorts of things from Germany and Austria when most of our townsfolk couldn’t point to those far off places on a map!

Thanks so much for another wonderful story.

By: Chris F

Chris F — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:39:45 +0000

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