Large Rafael Tuck Cherub on Tinsel Ornament with Silver Bells and Spun-Glass

9” tall

SPECIAL FEATURES

Gorgeous and very popular, this Antique Rafael-Tuck scrap angel, decorated with antique hard-to-find red foil “Merry Christmas” script, is framed by silver antique wired tinsel and rare circa 1920s green and buff multi-colored spun-glass disk. Antique silver glass bells, with their original glass clappers, elaborately trimmed in gold and red Dresden papers, hang gracefully below our thoughtful angel. HANDMADE AND SIGNED BY GLENN GIAIMO.

THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND ORNAMENT IS MADE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY WITH ANTIQUE AND VINTAGE MATERIALS to include: glass ornaments from the 1890s to1950s, most of which were made in Germany; colorful Victorian embossed & die-cut paper “scraps” and chromolithographs from postcards and advertising trade cards, made in Europe between the 1870s and 1910; antique and vintage fabric to include chenille, lace, ribbon and metallic trims; antique and vintage tinsel from tree garlands and old-stock German-made Lametta tinsel; gold and silver old-stock Dresden paper trims, crepe paper, foil, gift wrap, spun glass, and other embellishments. Items described as “antique” are dated between 1870 and the early 1900s (prior to WWI). Items described as “vintage” are dated between 1915 (WWI) and the 1950s (mid-century). We also use Dresden trims (only on occasion) and crinkle wire (always used for durability) made more recently in Germany using techniques and equipment that have not changed over the past 150 years.