Kugel glass ornaments These German blown-glass ornaments often resemble a bundle of grapes or a bumpy berry, or they take the form of simple but oversized baubles about 8 inches in diameter.

A delicate blown-glass ornament that looks like the face-tattooed musician sold “like crazy” last year, said Ashlyn Shadden, 33, who runs the store with her mother.

Glass Christmas ornaments go back 140 years. ... On their smaller, cooler flames, they created a thinner glass. Christmas-ornament glass. "It's blown from hollow tubes of glass," Radko said.

Free-blown and molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ball with finial on bottom, thin, swirled band around center. Mirrored silver. Metal cap around top opening, may be a later addition. Thin ...

In the 1890s, Woolworth’s Department Store in the U.S. sold more than $25 million in German-imported ornaments made of lead and hand-blown glass each year.

“A delicate blown-glass ornament that looks like the face-tattooed musician sold ‘like crazy’ last year, said Ashlyn Shadden, 33, who runs the store with her mother. Buyers included many ...

Old World Christmas, a shop that sells traditional, mouth-blown glass ornaments (including quite a few pickle ornaments) prints the origin “story” of the pickle tradition in every ornament box.

“They’re actually really nice hand-blown glass, high-quality glitter,” Saling said. “It’s funny, once you hang them on your tree, no other ornament looks like they do.” ...

Where to shop: The Christmas Sleigh is stocked floor to ceiling with European imports, from hand-blown glass ornaments and glittered Ad-vent calendars to scene-­stealing nutcrackers and traditional ...