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| Paper ornaments were made in all sorts and sizes, self-made, decorated with scraps, mica, glitter, Venetian dew, etc. | |||
  1,1b: Two paper ornaments, chromolithography on cardboard, thought to be early 1900. Wonderful variations have been made. |
  4: Dennison’s ornament/gift cards ; package is shown on the left and the cards are shown on the package the lady is holding. |
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 2: Devil pressed cardboard and chenille arms |
 18:These stars were found together with stickers, so I think they are gift dressings and tree ornaments |
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Large angel paper ornament, dimensions 25 cm wide x 17 cm high (from
tip of wing to base of lantern). Design is much in the style of Erik Artelius, or Helge Artelius. Re E.O.& Co., production of scraps: This Swedish publisher was in production from around 1947 until 1960, when it was sold to the American Williams, |
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 27: Honeycomb paper ornaments |
 28: Honeycomb paper ornaments |
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 33: Paper beading, balls, dia 3,5cm, covered with satin finish |
 34: Honeycomb paper beading, dia 3cm, with silver foil covered discs, 2,78m total length |
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 32: Honeycomb paper balls and bells with silver and gold foil stars |
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Below
is a collection of paper and cardboard ornaments. To some Venetian
dew has been added, while others have been decorated with glitter
or mica. To me it is sometimes difficult to determine the difference
between cardboard to which thick materials have been added and papier
maché.
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Paper or cardboard with Venetian dew. It is more pronounced on the
butterflies and the anchor with seagull. |
7: Cardboard covered with a fine granular material to imitate snow. | 14:
Beaded pram with cardboard top, pink crèpe pillow with glitter, scrap baby face, white tightly folded paper cover with two stars. |
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17: This aeroplane and star were found together
with nos. 15 and 16, shown below. |
13.1:
Paper and cardboard with glitter, foil sails, left boat has a hole
in
the top where you could place a Santa. The boat's body on the right feels like papier maché. |
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Paper and cardboard aeroplanes, the left either papier maché or
cardboard covered with a snow-like substance with mica, both with foil/spangles propellers. |
13.3:
Paper and cardboard, the tank covered with an imitation snow substance
and the car with glitter or mica, tank has Dresden traction bands. |
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| 8: Paper or cardboard with glitter, bell is papier maché (?), the colored ball has been made with Christmas cards, made in Belgium. | 9:
Paper or cardboard, glitter or mica, red paper foil, red mica, Dresden wings and greenery, ribbons. |
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Paper or cardboard, glitter or mica, paper flowers, scrap Mother and
Child in chapel, violin has brown cotton top, snowmen have movable
crèpe
paper necks, colored spangles, cotton balls, |
12:
Two hanging ornaments are made
of a paper disc with two papier maché
(?)
balls on either side and then wrapped with raffia, small light green and light blue beads, tinsel/cotton thread. |
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Cardboard ornaments, supposed to be towers or mills. When I found them, together with no. 16, next picture, and no. 17, somewhere above, the cat was loose in the box. I thought at first it was meant to go with the lovely red witch, but only on the other was there black residue on the top, matching the paw of the cat. The body of both is covered with white mica with multicolored glitter on top. They are 10cm high, not counting the cat. |
16: These two, found together with 15 and 17. |
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Lovely glitter cat with green eyes |
30: Double side star, with |
 29: Gondola, cardboard, glitter and Dresden hut; 13cm wide; I have seen one with a Santa inserted, which I think was not original. |
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 31: cardboard baskets covered with glitter, tinsel handle and filled with paper grass and flowers; total ca 12 à 13cm high. |
 38 : wooden crib, covered with silver glitter, with scrap Baby Jezus on a bed of tinsel; also shown under "wood" total ca 9cm high |
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 37: tinsel and paper handbag, sometimes labeled Sebnitz or Dresden; total 8cm high |
 11: Cardboard with glitter and colored spangles, Dresdner wings, papier maché body, glass balls. |
 35: small paper flower baskets made of pink and green crèpe paper and foil handles, filled with paper strips and red and blue glass (?) flowers; 4cm high, not counting the handle; could also be used as candy containers |
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   21-22-23: Three stars, 12cm, made by children in school in Ronse, Belgium; they came together with gift cards, crèches and the two ornaments below |
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  24: 9cm high |
  25: 9cm high |
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 20: Not very old I think, but very amusing with the yellow bird and the flowers |
 36: An old cardboard star, probably for a treetop, sprinkled with glitter,now dark gray, and mica; a gold and green paper flower fixed with a clear glass yellow bead; 19cm wide |
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  A folder, "Alles voor Kerstmis" (all for Christmas) by Marian Hesper-Sint, published by Selected n.v. Den Haag, with an instruction booklet how to make all sorts of paper ornaments, lanterns, candy containers, stars, birds, etc. Included are sheets of red, white, silver and gold paper. Of the 1950s. |
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| Below some medals (Cotillon-Orden), produced ca 1880-1900, but I think some of the ones below are later. Materials used are pressed paper, cork, silk, foil. Diameter between 8 - 6cm. | |||
 ca 6cm diameter |
 ca 6 à 7cm diameter |
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 ca 8cm diameter |
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| Other Dresden ornaments | |||
 ca 5,5cm high candy container, same both sides |
 ca 7cm high and 6cm wide Dresden ornament |
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 Golden angels, back and front, 10,5cm high |
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