These Small Blue Birds are 6 long from the tip of the beak to the end of their tail. The Blue Bird has light steel blue on his head and down his back to the start of his spun glass tail, with a patch of dark blue on the top of his head and covering his wings. The Blue Bird Wings also have highlights of iridescent light blue glitter and lines of gold glitter. His breast is bright dark orange and his eyes and beak are black. His beautiful spun glass tail is light slate blue. This Blue Bird Collectible Ornament will clip onto any branch of your tree. Select this link to view our Blown Glass Birds.
The History of Blown Glass
In the 1500’s in Germany, the glass blower family Muller worked diligently to produce mouth blown glassware of the highest quality for their countrymen and later for others all over the world to enjoy. For nearly as many years, a second family, the Eichhorn’s produced fine quality glassware to be cherished, as well.
Beginning in he 1860’s, the glass blowing techniques of both families were specifically customized for creating Christmas ornaments. As the generations passed, each generation would take great care to share the expertise with the generation to follow.
In the 1960’s, young Klaus Muller Blech, 14th generation descendant and Birgit Eichhorn Jeremias Sohn spent countless hours in the glass workshops of their grandparents and parents in Neustadt Germany, learning various aspects of the profession. Both grew to love this vocation and realized it was undeniably ingrained in their spirit. The two glassblowing enthusiasts continued to work in the profession of their forefathers into adulthood.
In 1992 a convention of antique Christmas ornament collectors was held in Reading, Pennsylvania. Separately Klaus and Birgit made arrangements to attend the convention in order to search for the ornaments of their families’ past. Through their activities there, they went home with more than the antique treasures they expected. Imagine two Germans traveled over 3,000 miles from the small town of Neustadt finally to meet each other for the first time in the United States.
The rest of the story continues in the style of history’s great romances. The two fell in love and were married. The families joined forces and combined their tradition and skills at the inge glas workshops in Germany. Together their collection includes more than 6,000 antique glass blower moulds dating from the 1850’s. In addition, new designs are created each year to represent the Christmas traditions of today.
Inge’s Christmas Heirlooms, named for Klaus Muller Blech’s late mother, represents much more than a collection of ornaments. Inge glas is still a family operated business with fourteen generations of effort, heart and soul invested. For generations, inge glas ornaments have been handcrafted with the skill of their forefathers to make heirloom quality ornaments for others to enjoy.
Adorned with the authentic star crown, inge glass trademark, these ornaments are easily recognizable.
Just like the ornaments many families in the United States already own, which were passed down by their parents and grandparents, Inge’s Christmas Heirlooms are for Christmas lovers of all ages and background’s to collect and treasure today and for generations to come. The collection is a link between Christmas Past and Christmas Future. Select this link to view our Ornament Storage Boxes.