Foil and Mercury Glass Vintage Christmas Tree Decoration

Collectibles : Holiday, Seasonal : Christmas : Vintage

 

This beautiful vintage fancy Christmas tree was probably made as a package, wreath, or table decoration. It's a flat-backed, gold metallic foil-over-cardboard tree shape decorated with foil flowers, lacquered holly leaves, and colorful mercury glass beads wired into flower shapes. It measures 6" high by a little over 5" wide overall. The flowers and beads are in good condition with typical light wear to the colors and inner mercury silvering of the beads. The lacquer holly leaves have slight chipping to the upper tips. The foil tree has some bumping to the points and a few minor creases but is not torn. The back has brown streaks from old cellophane tape that has darkened with age. It was made in Japan no later than the mid-1950s, perhaps earlier.

Item ID: 5540