Made with beads, all sizes, models and colors, some faceted, ribbed, silvered, unsilvered, and with glass tubes, also all colors and sometimes faceted and ribbed, some with full glass rings, all held together with fine metal wire, which becomes very brittle with age.
Some are German productions and some Japanese. I feel that the Japanese are less intricate, just with one or two different beads.
Also included here are ornaments formed with beaded strings.
Dimensions given can vary because the ornaments are handmade and, where applicable, are without the glass tube hanger.
Specialised in these Gablonz ornaments is the book "Glasperlen Christbaumschmuck/Glass Bead Christmas Ornaments" by Waltraud Neuwirth.
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First some samples of beads used for making the ornaments in this collection. You will recognize them here and there in the ornaments. Many more are shown in Waltraud Neuwirth's book.
The standard round beads are only shown once. They have been made in all sizes and colors, as shown in the "Glass-Beading" page. |
Glass canes
and bugles |
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Beads, round |
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Beads, oval
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In strips |
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Beads, long |
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Specials |
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| People |
Male, foil body and feet,
7cm high
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Male, hat red clear glass,
9cm high |
Male, hat clear glass,
8,5cm high |
Female, red clear glass skirt,
milk white body,
6,5cm high |
Female, hat white glass,
6,5cm high |
Female, hat white glass,
6,5cm high |
Female,
7cm high |
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Figures with additions of various materials |
Figures with additions of various materials |
Figures with additions of various materials |
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| Stars |
All the same model, ca 6cm wide |
Two the same model, ca 6,5 and 7cm wide; 7,5cm wide |
Two larger ones, ca 9,5cm and 14cm wide |
Two same model, ca 7,5cm wide; 7cm wide |
Three different stars: ca 8cm, 6cm and 5cm wide |
Two the same starsl, ca 7,5cm wide; ca 7,5cm wide
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ca 8,5cm wide |
ca 9cm wide
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ca 9cm wide and 8cm wide |
ca 10cm wide |
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| Animals: butterflies, dragonfly, beetles, spiders, birds, cats and dogs, .. |
Butterflies, 7,5 and 7cm wide |
Dragonfly 8cm wide, gold body; beetles 5,5 and 6cm high |
Spider chenille & beads,
10cm wide |
Spider,
7,5cm high |
Spiders on web, 7cm and 6,5cm wide |
Spider on ladder,
6,5cm high |
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Birdcages, 7,5cm, 9,5cm and 9cm high;
one with plush (?) bird with paper tail and plastic feet |
Birdcages, 10cm and 6cm high, plush birds;
left with chenille wings & tail, paper legs and wire feet; right textile tail and plastic feet |
Dogs and cat; both 5,5cm high;
left basket with plush dog and cat, right a tragant doggy
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| Buildings: windmills |
Windmills, 8,5cm and 7,5cm high
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Windmills, one with gold ribbed beads and no building, broken?, 8cm and 6cm high |
Large windmill, 10cm high |
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| Household items: purse, baskets, ... |
Purse, 6cm high,
handle included
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Elaborate basket & cotton fruit,
6cm high, handle incl. |
Baskets, same model but different beads, all with cotton mushrooms
baskets ca 2,5cm high, excl. handle
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Baskets, same style base, different beads, cotton fruit and mushrooms
3cm, 3,5cm and 3cm high, excl. handle |
Baskets, same model but different beads, left ones filled with glass silvered ball
3,5cm, 3,5cm and 2,5cm high, handle excl.
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Baskets, same model, one filled with paper flowers, the other with two glass glass berries
both 2,5cm high, excl. handles
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Baskets, same model, one with green glass ball, the other with a pink one,
both chenille handles,
both baskets 3,5cm high, excl. handles
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Cross, beads & chenille, 10cm high |
Cross, beads & chenille, 6cm high
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Musical instruments, 10cm and 9cm high |
Balance, 6,5cm high |
Balance, 5,5cm high |
Candle, 10cm high |
Lantern, 5,5cm high |
Chandelier, total 11,5cm high |
Chandelier, 7,5cm high |
Chandeliers, same model with different color candles, both ca 7cm high |
Watering can,
5,5cm high handle incl.
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Soother,
9cm high |
Umbrellar,
11cm high |
Flower, small white beads, dia 6,5cm;
dark beads were initially gold |
| Transportation: helicopters, aeroplanes, bikes, push scooter, .. |
Helicopters, both same body and each 7cm long |
Another helicopter, same body and size, different wheels
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Aeroplanes, 7cm and 10cm long |
Aeroplanes, 7cm and 10,5cm long |
Bike, 11cm wide, wheels full glass rings
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Motor bike, 9cm wide, glass silvered wheels |
Bike, 11,5cm wide, beaded wheels |
Push scooter, base 6cm wide, wheels glass beads |
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| Fantasy and beaded ornaments |
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Beads pendant in glass rings, dia 6,5cm, 5,5cm and 5,5cm
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Beads in glass rings, dia 6cm, 5,2cm and ring made of white unsilvered beads
and decorated with foil stars, dia 4cm |
Beads in glass rings, all dia 5,5cm, |
Beads in triangles, 6cm and 6,5cm high
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Diamond shaped, 7cm, 7,5cm and 8cm high |
With pendants, 9cm, 8,5cm and 8cm high
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Various with pendant drops, here repaired with red cotton
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8cm and 7 cm high |
Pendants, orange unsilvered beads, 6cm, 8,5cm and 6cm high
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8,5cm, 8,5cm, and 5,5cm high, last one could be a basket and made with spares
considering the variations on the "handle" |
9cm high |
11,5cm high |
9cm high |
12cm high |
9cm high |
7,5cm high |
9,5cm high |
9,5cm high |
15cm and 5cm high |
7,5cm, 7cm and 6,5cm high
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7,5 and 7cm high
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7,5cm and 8,5cm high
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7,5cm high |
6,5cm high |
5,5cm high |
10cm high |
9cm high |
9cm high |
10cm high
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Total 7cm high
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8cm, 8,5cm and 6cm high |
8cm, 6cm and 8cm high |
6,5cm and 6cm high |
| Ornaments made of beaded strings, usually with other additions |
Beads, chenille and green foil, 12,5cm high
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Beads, glass candle, green foil, ribbon,
9cm wide |
Beads, glass tube, green paper, ribbon,
7cm wide
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Beads, glass bell, green paper, ribbon,
6,5cm wide |
 
Two "bows", probably self-made with beaded strings;
rather old because the wire is partly corroded |
  
Paper bells: materials used are beads, tinfoil, ribbon;
where on the bells the white is missing, Japanese text shows through. |
Beads forming a bunch of grapes, ca 7cm and 5cm high
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String of green beads bound together to bunch of grapes, self-made,
beads ca 1,5cm dia. |
Beads and foil leaves, 9 and 12cm high |
Beads, glass candles and chenille,
11cm high |
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