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CONTRACTORS SAVE ON WINTER RATES Carpentry Renovations Alterations 8773118 THE HERALD Wednesday December 26 Page Antique ornaments While the first Christmas trees were decorated with fruit and nuts and other edible ornaments by the middle of the 19th century elaborately decorated objects began to adorn the increasingly popular evergreen Handblovvn glass balls called have added shimmering beauty to pine boughs since they were first made in Germany in the early Available in elongated as well as round shapes could be had in a variety of sizes and colors as well Molded glass ornaments originated in the latter part of the century in Germany The earliest shapes pine cones fruit and icicles were joined by a wide range of others from fairytale characters to animals Santas to edifices as manufacturers became evermore inventive Paper ornaments were also popular in the late I9th and early 20th centimes These two major forms Scrap ornaments colorfully printed thanks to refined process of lithography and Dresden ornaments whose cardboard base both diecut and embossed was painstakingly decorated with gold silver and other colors of paint Among the most popular subjects for scrap ornaments were angels and snow men and Santa himself starred in many on eyecatching scrap ornament While scrap ornaments were always two dimensional Dresden ornaments were often carefully worked into three dimensional shapes such as vehicles including early depictions of airplanes and Zeppelins and animals Superb detailing characterizes these orna ments which are among those most treasured by collectors of antique Christmas decorations Considerably less elegant of spun cotton were popular for their low cost as well as for the wide range of subjects they represented Anftnals fruits clowns and angels joined innumerable Santas in these three dimensional ornaments formed by combining cotton and cellulose fibers over a base of cardboard or wire Their hard outer surface on which decorations would be 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