12 Vtg PATRIOTIC UNSILVERED WW2 1940 Xmas Ornaments Tornado Stripe Floral Tinsel

Description: Please remember that the last date to ship USPS PRIORITY MAIL to receceive your vintage Christmas Ornaments in time for Christmas is Monday, December 16th, 2024. Merry Christmas,Annette "It's not the year. It's the mileage." The Shop Around The Corner chooses the best antique and vintage Christmas ornaments to sell on eBay. The clock is ticking down to Christmas morning and for many people that means the pressure is on to find the prettiest of Christmas Ornaments to decorate their tree. Patriotic WW II Era Unsilvered Christmas Ornaments made by Corning Glass Works and Shiny Brite Rare and hard to find box of Patriotic WW2 Era 1940's Unsilvered Ornaments. Shiny Brite Unsilvered Red ornament stenciled with 'Merry Christmas' and Holly branch and stars stenciled on both sides. Made in the U.S.A. It measures 2.5" tall. Corning Glass Works Unsilvered Red ornament with mica glitter stripes. Made in the U. S. of A. It measures 2.5" tall. Shiny Brite Unsilvered Blue ornament stenciled with white mica abstract floral design and it also has a blue tinsel insert. Made in the U.S.A. It measures 2.5" tall. Corning Glass Works PATRIOTIC Unsilvered Clear ornament with red, white and blue painted stripes. Made in the U. S. of A. It measures 2.5" tall. Corning Glass Works PATRIOTIC Unsilvered White Opaque ornament with red and blue painted stripes. Made in the U. S. of A. It measures 2.5" tall. Shiny Brite Unsilvered Clear Tornado ornament with Tinsel Insert. It has painted sections/rings of blue/green, white and red. Made in the U. S. A. It measures 3" tall. Corning Glass Works PATRIOTIC Unsilvered Red ornament with stripes of blue and white. Extremely rare. Made in the U. S. of A. It measures 3" tall. Corning Glass Works Unsilvered White Opaque molded Bell ornament with blue and blue/green painted stripes. Made in the U. S. of A. It measures 3" tall. Corning Glass Works Unsilvered Red molded Bell ornament with white glitter stripes. Made in the U. S. of A. It measures 3" tall. Corning Glass Works PATRIOTIC Stars and Stripe Unsilvered White Opaque ornament with a thick red stripe around the middle and scattered blue stars. Extremely rare. Made in the U. S. of A. It measures 2.75" tall. Shiny Brite Unsilvered Clear Tornado ornament. It has sections/rings of heavy white mica glitter alternating with painted sections of blue/green and red. Made in the U. S. A. It measures 3" tall. Corning Glass Works PATRIOTIC Unsilvered White Opaque ornament with blue and red painted stripes. Made in the U. S. of A. It measures 3" tall. This set of vintage ornaments have their original caps.The caps of the Corning Glass Works Ornaments are impressed 'MADE IN THE U. S. of A.'. The caps of the Shiny Brite Ornaments are impressed 'SHINY BRITE MADE IN USA'. A great combination of PATRIOTIC 1940's WW2 Era Unsilvered Christmas Ornaments. Each ornament has been check. They have no cracks or chips. The pikes have been check and there is no damage. Ornaments will be packed a new ornament storage box. These Corning and Shiny Brite Christmas Ornaments were made in the USA in the 1940's. All in very good vintage condition considering they are almost 80 years old. These beautiful Unsilvered Ornaments are from my private collection.They have been tucked away and have not been displayed for years. I have taken 16 photos of these 12 ornaments. Please examine and enlarge each one before making your decision. I have packed these ornaments carefully with lots of tissue and bubble wrap. These ornaments are 'double boxed'. Really rare combination of sought after WW2 Era PATRIOTIC Unsilvered Ornaments. ******************************************************************************Unsilvered WWII Ornaments ... In 1939 England was at war with Nazi-controlled Germany and the British Navy set up blockades that effectively stopped any exports from war-torn Europe reaching the United States of America. Many Americans found their first wartime shortage was to be Christmas decorations. Up to this point, most of the Christmas decorations used by Americans came from Germany, Czechoslovakia or Japan. To cover this shortage, the Corning Glass Company started to produce round clear glass balls that were blown automatically by machine rather than hand blown by mouth as their European counterparts had been. Corning produced these new American made ornaments 24 hours a day and by 1944 they were making 40 million round glass ornaments per year. Corning then sold these glass blanks to other companies such as Premier Glass Works, Inc., K & W Glass Works, Marks Brothers, and Shiny Brite, who in turn decorated, capped, boxed and resold the finished Christmas ornaments to retail stores nationwide. During the early years of World War II the new American made Christmas ornaments did not look all that different from those still being produced today. From 1939 through 1941 the ornaments were shiny, thanks to being coated on their interior with a silver nitrate solution. These shiny glass balls were often decorated with painted stripes and topped with a metal cap embossed with “Made in the US of A”. With The United States joining in the war in 1941, wartime shortages and restrictions of materials started to plague the new American glass ornament industry. The silver nitrate solution was declared to be “nonessential” by the War Production Board and the manufacturing of it was stopped. By 1942 American ornaments were being produced without their shiny look. To compensate, some companies inserted a sprig of shiny silver colored tinsel inside the ornament to give it the familiar sparkle that the public was used to. Soon, even the silver tinsel was used up and the ornaments were left without any inside decoration. Around 1943 all metal was needed for the war effort and the ornament industry could no longer produce metal caps for their glass decorations. Again the companies became creative and started using caps made out of either cardboard or paper and with a piece of cord in place of a metal hanging hook. Some companies used a type of cardboard hanging hook that fastened inside the ball. Other decorating companies were forced to use a little piece of wood stuck sideways in the neck of the ball, with a cord tied to it. Finally, with the end of World War II in 1945, wartime restrictions on materials were relaxed and the more standard Christmas tree ornaments were again being produced in 1946, with the phrase “Made in the USA” embossed on the metal cap. Collecting paper capped ornaments does have advantages. They are easy to date as to years of production, are still easy to locate and are rather affordable. They are also a piece of American history from a time of shortages, hardships, and ingenuity. ******************************************************************************************************** Contact me through eBay messages with any questions. Please do not hesitate to contact me. We ship via USPS. We only ship to Continental US customers. We will be listing many more vintage Christmas ornaments. You will love the selection. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Please check back again soon! ******************************************************************************************************************** Please take the time to read some of my stellar Ebay feedbacks. I am truly dedicated to maintaining a five star rating and will always do my best to please my customers. ********************************************************************************************************Welcome to my eBay store,I am an avid collector of everything Christmas especially antique and vintage Christmas ornaments. Now that I am retired, I find it necessary to downsize. Buy with confidence. I personally pick and chooseonly the very best ornaments from my collection tosell on eBay. I hope you check back often as I will be listing many beautiful antique and vintage Christmas ornaments. It’s never too early to get into the holiday spirit.

Price: 343.99 USD

Location: Hackettstown, New Jersey

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