Cotton Chick in Antique Glass Parasol Basket with Amanita Mushroom

6” tall, including antique decorative wire handle and antique beaded tinsel puff

SPECIAL FEATURES
This imaginative ornament is designed to look very much like an original ornament that would be graced a table-top feather tree in a Victorian parlor 100 years ago. Circa 1920s cotton chick is tucked inside a dainty 3” umbrella-shaped antique cone ornament decorated with tiny antique scrap flowers, and Dresden papers. Sprouting cheerfully from the neck of the cone is an early vintage compo mushroom, circa 1920s silk violet, and antique pampas grass (seen often in necks of antique ornaments). Ornament is finished off with an antique decorative “steifkantille” wire handle and tiny beads and tinsel puff. Hand-made and signed by Gail Giaimo.

THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND ORNAMENT is made almost exclusively with antique and early vintage materials, including old glass ornament(s) with beautiful patina; detailed German made embossed scrap(s) and chromolithographs (most of them predate the 1900s and are meticulously backed with early papers and/or old tinsel); a variety of old fabric to include chenille, lace, ribbon and metallic trims; old decorative tinsel (most of which is from old tree garlands); and old papers of all kinds, including lovely old-stock Dresden paper trims, crepe paper, old foil, gift wrap, and other embellishments. The exceptions to the exclusive use of old materials are as follows: 1) occasionally we use newer Dresden paper made in Germany that has been embossed and stamped with antique equipment; 2) Our high-quality gold and silver crinkle-wire is made in Germany with antique equipment.