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Summary: Antique Christmas ornament resource guide! Learn about collecting era specific Christmas tree ornaments & decorations in this free video guide to holiday antiques & collectibles.
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Sue Shea Sue Shea has been dealing in antiques since 1979, and has her own shop, Shea Antiques, located in Shelburne Falls, MA. Her passion is early American 18th & 19... read more
This is this particular ornament right here was right during the war era in the 1940s it has the tinsel inside. This is the 1940s ranges and here is another one 1940s indent so you can take a look at these. This one in particular is shiny bright, they put these out and they are made in the USA so you can get a idea and these are fairly expensive and easily found. So these might be a fun thing to collect if you're a baby boomer you might want to collect just that era so 1940s-1950s. Another one to look at here 1930s-1940s teapots, coffeepots, these are little bit earlier and the forms are a little bit more expensive to acquire but not that much expensive you can acquire these ornaments at a reasonable price. So those are kind of fun. These you get into the 1930s which a little bit earlier, the berries in the 1920s so you are looking at the berries which are a fun thing and the basket are small. These smaller one's were usually used on feathered trees although they can be used in a larger tree they would be seen as well but that is what basically the purpose of these, our small feather tea ornaments from the 30s. So that is a choice you might want to collect small ornaments in that range and here is 1930s the Santa with the felt feet, the felt leg with the boots, he's a 1930s very collectible.