A superb box of. Rare and Striking Vintage Glass Christmas Ornaments. World War II Era. 12 Silver Ringed Lanterns. 4 different color combinations. 4 Red and Blue and Steel Blue. 2 Teal and Gold. 2 Teal and Red. 4 Steel Blue and Gold. Come in Original The George Franke Sons Co Storage Box Baltimore 1, Maryland. A striking box of Vintage American-Made Glass Christmas Ornaments of Premier, USA (Corning). Twelve favorite Premier Ringed Lanterns measuring 2.75 inches tall. All in nice condition with vivid colors. These come in a 12 picket vintage 12.5″ x 9.5″ George Frank and Sons Christmas Box. I have added a very interesting bit of Vintage Ornament history below for you to read. BIRTH OF A BAUBLE. IN ITS first year of operation, the worlds only mass-production factory for manufacturing glass Christmas-tree ornaments, the Wellsboro, Pa. Plant of the Corning Glass Works, has turned out more than half of all the new decorations which will bedeck American trees this season. At the rate of 400 a minute, approximately 2,000,000 a week, the brightly colored globes have been pouring from the production line. Months of intensive work by. Engineers made possible the ingenious machines which turn a pound of glass into thirty average-size. A ribbon of molten glass enters one end of the production line and a steady stream of bulbs which have been shaped, silvered inside. And tinted outside, comes out at the other end. One hundred and eighty different sizes, styles, and colors are produced at the Wellsboro plant. Formerly, most of our glass Christmas-tree decorations came from central. Where families of craftsmen formed and tinted them by hand. Machine methods not only speed up production but are said to turn out more uniform globes. In addition to their own brand of Christmas ornaments, by 1940. Was producing all the ornament blanks for several different Christmas. Ornament decorating and distributing companies. Max Eckardt decorated and marketed. Blanks under his Shiny Brite brand. Of World War II, Shiny Brite ornaments were packed in boxes with patriotic, Victory graphics showing Uncle Sam shaking hands with Santa Claus! Other companies utilizing Corning ornament blanks during the 1940s were Santa Heim, Coby, George Franke, Marks Brothers, Doubl-Glo, and. Any of the glass themselves. Max Eckardts Shiny Brite brand utilized more. Blanks for a greater length of time than all other decorators. Plant in 1981 to Osram Sylvania, and the Ribbon Machines continue today turning out light bulbs. Many collectors are smitten with vintage Corning ornaments, the Shiny Brite brand in particular, as they can be found in a multitude of shapes and. Sizes and a myriad of colors and decorations including stripes and solids, matt tempera colors and shiny lacquers, textured glass-glitter frit, printed. Scenes and greetings, and even some rare, hard-to-find hand-painted motifs. To those of us that enjoyed our childhoods during the 1940s, 50s or 60s. Shiny Brite ornaments recall the days of Grandma, and truly represent our Christmases of long ago. There will be signs of usage, storage and aging. There may be some minor scratches and oxidation of the mercury glass of these ornaments. And oxidation of the pikes, the caps and the hangers. I have taken 12 photos for. You can get a good. Look at each ornament. Please examine of all 12 photos of these ornaments. Before making your decision. Most people who get the bug for collecting Vintage Christmas Ornaments start out with the easy tree ornaments. And other Christmas collectibles often handed down from grandparents and parents. A tag or yard sale and so it begins. You add one or several ornaments each year and slowly the collection begins. The joy is in fact actually being able to display your Vintage Christmas Ornament Collection each year and eventually. Passing them down to your own children and grandchildren. They also make cherished Christmas gifts that can last an. Entire lifetime when given by one family member to another. Glass Christmas Tree Ornaments from the 1930’s, 1940’s, 1950’s and 1960’s are by far extremely popular these. They can fetch prices as low as twenty dollars all the way up to several hundred dollars for. Some of the rarer pieces. Because these are true relics from the past, all have some signs of wear which may include light scratches. Surface wear, spots of paint loss and areas of discoloration. This is part of the vintage charm! We have chosen only the very best for you. They were all hand-picked with you in mind to enjoy for years to come. Please check back again soon! THANK YOU TO OUR NEW CUSTOMERS AND OUR RETURNING LOYAL CUSTOMERS. The item “Box 12 Corning Premier Glass Works WWII Era Xmas Ornaments Ringed Lanterns IOB” is in sale since Thursday, October 27, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Holiday & Seasonal\Christmas\ Modern (1946-90)\Ornaments\Glass, Crystal”. The seller is “olde_time_christmas” and is located in Bronx, New York. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States