G'day just found you on Theme Thursday. What a quirky little blog. Very cute. Do you make these or are they just the subject of your blog. I'm amazed you can find so many so suit your posts! Cheers :)
I don’t make these. They originated in Eastern European countries in the 1800’s and became a cottage industry. JW Woolworth brought them to America after World War II for around 10 to 15 cents each and the rest is history. Many classics are still being individually mouth blown in Eastern Europe by families’ trying to make a living, lots are mass-machine produced in Japan. There are some beginning to be created by good American companies such as Cherry Designs Inc. http://www.cherrydesignsinc.com
I'm just a female who is a work in progress and imperfectly fun. I perfer a fanasty life and can't make prompt decisions but, did I mention?, I am imperfectly fun.-----------------
Ornaments on these pages are reminiscent of “old world” ornaments which originated by craftsmen in Eastern Europe in 1847. The originals were a cottage industry. Individual molds were owned by various families. To make hard earned money, families carved molds from hard woods, blew molten glass into said molds, silver lined the inside, at first with mercury or lead, then later using a special compound of silver nitrate and sugar water. … (very dangerous) and meticulously hand painted the outside finishing off products with mica dust. I own a few true original treasures passed down from my family. For the most part my collection is relatively new. Ornaments are now mass produced …machine blown, still in Eastern Europe (Poland, Germany), Italy, Japan as well as the United States but oh the memories they evoke for my family who are beneficiaries of a few new babbles each year as well as friends who share my fascination.
G'day just found you on Theme Thursday. What a quirky little blog. Very cute. Do you make these or are they just the subject of your blog. I'm amazed you can find so many so suit your posts! Cheers :)
ReplyDeleteI don’t make these. They originated in Eastern European countries in the 1800’s and became a cottage industry. JW Woolworth brought them to America after World War II for around 10 to 15 cents each and the rest is history. Many classics are still being individually mouth blown in Eastern Europe by families’ trying to make a living, lots are mass-machine produced in Japan. There are some beginning to be created by good American companies such as Cherry Designs Inc. http://www.cherrydesignsinc.com
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