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We love the shimmering Kurt Adler Glitter Glass Ball Ornaments that add some serious sparkle to your home despite their mini size of less than an inch in diameter.
Eckardt had been importing hand-blown glass balls from Germany since around 1907, but had the foresight to anticipate a disruption in his supply from the upcoming war. Corning adapted their process for making light bulbs to making clear glass ornaments, which were then shipped to Eckardt's factories to be decorated by hand.
In Japanese, the floats are variably known as buoy balls (浮き玉, ukidama) or glass balls (ビン玉, bindama). Glass floats have since been replaced by aluminum, plastic, or Styrofoam. Manufacturing Mark of the Asahi Glass Company. The earliest floats, including most Japanese glass fishing floats, were handmade by a glassblower.
Mercury glass (or silvered glass) is glass that was blown double walled, then silvered between the layers with a liquid silvering solution, and sealed. Although mercury was originally used to provide the reflective coating for mirrors, elemental mercury was never used to create tableware.
Dated Enamel Framed Ornaments, $10-$20 (Orig. $12.50-$25) Mercury Glass Adorned Ornaments – Set of 6, $31 (Orig. $39.50) White & Silver Glass Ball Ornaments – Set of 6, $47 (Orig. $59)
The first collection included 18 ornaments, including six glass ball ornaments. The Hallmark Keepsake Ornament collection is dated and available for just one year. By 1998, 11 million American households collected Hallmark ornaments, and 250,000 people were member of the Keepsake Ornament Collector's Club. [8]
The witch ball is traditionally, but not always, green or blue in colour and made from glass (others, however, are made of wood, grass, or twigs instead of glass). Some are decorated in swirls and brilliant stripes of various colours.
A yard globe (also known as a garden globe, gazing ball or chrome ball) is a mirrored sphere displayed as a lawn ornament, typically atop a conical ceramic or wrought iron stand. Sizes ranges from 1 in (25 mm) up to 10 m (33 ft) in diameter, with the most popular gazing ball being 12 in (300 mm).
A crystal ball is a crystal or glass ball commonly used in fortune-telling. It is generally associated with the performance of clairvoyance and scrying in particular. Other names include crystal sphere , gazing ball , shew stone , and show stone .
The Reichstag dome is a glass dome constructed on top of the rebuilt Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany. It was designed by architect Norman Foster, from an idea of Gottfried Böhm, and built by Waagner-Biro to symbolize the reunification of Germany. The distinctive appearance of the dome has made it a prominent landmark in the city.