
New to Carroll Gardens for 2007!
Made by the Hausdorfer family Germany,
our Old German Christmas Collection are authentic, heirloom-quality
ornaments produced and finished with incredible detail. We were able
to acquire them through direct purchase from the Hausdorfer family,
without any middleman. This enables you to purchase them at
surprisingly affordable prices - about a third less than you will
find authentic German ornaments offered elsewhere.
Since the late 1800's, the Germans have
been known for making beautiful ornaments of the highest quality. In
fact, they invented the glass Christmas tree ornament. The tradition
actually began in the Thuringian mountains of central Germany by
peasant families. Typically, the father heated glass and blew the
glass into different shapes. The other family members applied silver
to the inside of the ornaments to help reflect the light. After
drying overnight by being hung from the cottage ceiling, the
ornaments were decorated with lacquer and other accents such as
feathers, glitter and "snow'' sparkles. The process was further
refined to include the use of molds to help shape the hot glass into
various figures. These antique figural glass ornaments achieved
their height of popularity about 100 years ago and are the most
sought after of all the antique German glass tree ornaments.
German immigrants coming to America brought with them their glass
ornaments and cherished them as part of their heritage. The
ornaments from our Old German Christmas Collection are made from
mouth blown and hand-painted glass in keeping with the age-old,
family-craft traditions. Perhaps you remember them from your
grandmother's tree, or you're lucky enough to have a few treasured
survivors passed along to you. Now you too can add cherished,
heirloom quality ornaments to your collection at very affordable
prices.
Click here to view the ornaments in the
Old German Christmas Collection.
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