Lovely Selection of X-Mas Gift Sculpture – Garland

Lovely Selection of X-Mas Gift Sculpture

Fantastic collection available in 5 different models

The Garland

All hand painted.

The first decorated trees were adorned with apples, white candy canes and pastries in the shapes of stars, hearts and flowers.

Glass baubles were first made in Lauscha, Germany, by Hans Greiner (1550–1609), who produced garlands of glass beads and tin figures that could be hung on trees.

The popularity of these decorations grew into the production of glass figures made by highly skilled artisans with clay moulds.

The artisans heated a glass tube over a flame, then inserted the tube into a clay mould, blowing the heated glass to expand into the shape of the mould.

The original ornaments were only in the shape of fruits and nuts. After the glass cooled, a silver nitrate solution was swirled into it, a silvering technique developed in the 1850s by Justus von Liebig.

After the nitrate solution dried, the ornament was hand-painted and topped with a cap and hook.

These sculptures of Lovely Selection of X-Mas Gift are handmade in Sweden and signed on the bottom.

Art: 34239

Alternative: Santa, Snowman, Sock, Bell, Tree, Mini Santa, Troll, Ship, Reindeer, Bullfinch