Antique Christmas Ornaments

For a short introduction of more personal character please visit the German part.

Christmas ornaments exist in thousands upon thousands of forms and facets. Therefore I have attempted to arrange my offer of old ornaments according to five main aspects: Origin, Material, Subject, Use, and Time Period. Whatever didn’t fit into this scheme got a place in the category named Miscellanous (listed above in the Time Period column). Naturally there is overlapping of all kind: an item may satisfy more than one criterion. Then, as a rule, it is not listed in all possible categories but only in the most specific (accordingly a glass zeppelin from Lauscha dating from the silver period is to be found in the category Zeppelin, or try the search function) Since Revision 259 items with different belongings may be listed in two or even more suitable categories (the above mentioned item would be documented in the category Zeppelin as well as in the category Silver Period).

All of the listed categories contain a short introduction (hide it by mouse click if you aren’t interested in it), but sometimes some of them may be without items for sale. Try the links Angels, Kugels, Paper, Santa, and some others for a wider choice.