Magical Snow Angel with Candle on Silver Christmas Ship Ornament

6” tall and wide

SPECIAL FEATURES

This all-silver ornament, capturing the magic of the night before Christmas – frosty in the early morning pre-dawn light – is guaranteed to sparkle on your tree. Circa 1880s snow angel dons an antique silver Dresden paper halo and bears a candle (with added tiny amber glass in the flame) as she floats above a vintage oval silver ornament with its original frosted comet design. All-silver Dresden papers, vintage diamond rhinestones, antique tinseled cording, and narrow tinsel garland attached to the silver glass “mast”, add to the magic.

Lovingly handcrafted and signed by Gail 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.