Forest Song Bird Ornament

These Small Songbirds are 6 long from the tip of the beak to the end of their tail. The Forest Bird has a light chartreuse head and bright yellow gold on his back and breast. The Forest Songbirds wings are medium burlywood. There are iridescent dark brown glitter highlights on his wings and the top of his head. The Songbirds beak is bright shiny orange. His beautiful spun glass tail is light green yellow. This Blown Glass Bird will clip onto any branch of your tree. Select this link to view our Blown Glass Birds.

How to arrange the spun glass tails.
Most of our bird Christmas glass ornaments have tails of spun glass that are shipped with the tails bunched together. If you would like to have the tail fan out, hold your bird Christmas decoration at the base of the tail. Then flick the end of the spun glass tail with your finger until it looks how you would like it. Select this link to view our German Glass Ornaments.

Care of your Inge Glass Ornaments Please wrap your ornaments individually in acid free tissue paper to preserve your heirloom quality ornaments for years to come.
Avoid using any plastic bubble wrap or storing your ornaments in plastic storage containers as it does not allow for proper ventilation.
For safe keeping, use a sturdy cardboard box with a strong cover.
Be careful not to put too many ornaments on top of each other. It�s best to use an ornament storage box that has layered compartments. Select this link to view our Ornament Storage Boxes.
Carefully store your Inge Glas ornament collection in a safe, dry place away from extreme temperatures, water, sun or fluorescent light and other outside elements. Select this link to view our Unique Christmas Ornaments.

History of bird ornaments.
Bird Christmas ornaments are considered a universal symbol of happiness and joy and are regarded by many to be a necessity on the Christmas ornament tree. Glassblowers would often carefully capture wild birds in the autumn to keep in cages in their workshops and to shelter them during the winter months. The sound of the gas flame from the Bunsen burners used to make glass hand blown ornaments would prompt the birds to sing throughout the day, thereby entertaining the entire family. Because bird Christmas ornaments were difficult to create, few glassblowing families in Germany specialized in the making of these special antique Christmas glass ornaments.
In Germany, it is believed that birds assist Santa in monitoring the actions of little ones to ensure that they are good. A friend to young and old, Christmas would not be the same without Christmas birds.
Many collectors remember the lovely glass bird ornaments delicately perched on their grandmother�s tree, which is one reason birds have continued to be among the most coveted of European glass ornaments. Even today, bird Christmas ornaments represent messengers of love and the bird Christmas harbingers of good things to come.
Early German Christmas postcards, books, and chromolithographs often depict St. Nicholas accompanied by one or more colorful songbirds perched on his shoulder, staff, or by his side. Before Christmas, cheery glass bird ornaments are placed throughout the German home as �Watch Birds.� Children are aware that the bird Christmas decorations are Santa�s friends who monitor and report back to him whether they have been good boys and girls. Bird Christmas glass ornaments evoke nostalgic memories of Grandma�s tree and Christmases of yesteryear. Select this link to view our Glass Christmas Ornaments.