Monday, November 22, 2010

Vintage MERCURY GLASS Christmas Beads and More!


There are so so many beads in my treasure box I decided to get some listed in Triple Trouble this week. There are strung mercury glass beads and loose beads, some doubles, some singles, some big, and many small! So many you will just have to look for yourself here!


The beads on this red mercury g;ass bead garland are doubles. Doubles are actually a bit larger than some of the single beads I have destrung. The garlands in better shape like this above are better kept strung. You could easily destring them if you wanted to make some fun vintage decorations.
And this is Thanksgiving week! There's so much to be thankful for! Especially for friends and family who we miss so much. Hoping you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving break and a belly full of good food!

Sunday, November 21, 2010

SHINY BRITE HEAVEN


Mercury Glass Ornaments are my favorite vintage Christmas decorations. This collection comes from an estate sale I helped with in Pittsburgh last month. The Ornaments were well cared for and a real treasure to find! These turquoise ornaments work very well together even though they are not an actual set.

There are four Shiny Brite Mercury Glass Ornaments in very good condition with original caps. These ornaments have a unique shape.
Two of the ornaments are antiques, very thin mercury glass heart shaped ornaments. The turquoise is wearing to a perfect patine. These have a very slender neck and one is missing the original cap. The sides have different textures as you can see in the photo above.
There are several vintage indented mercury glass ornaments in the set which have an original Shiny Brite cap. The smaller indented ornament is silver with white and turquoise striping.  The large ornament has yellow and turquoise and measures approx. 3".
This set of ten ornaments are now listed in my etsy shop Dabbling In The Dew. I hope the ornaments find a good home! They are truly a treasure and quite beautiful!