: Christmas Ornaments
| Christmas Ornaments at The Christmas Sleigh
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German Pyramids
White House Ornaments
Smokermen
Ginger Cottage Wooden Ornaments
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Schweizer Pewter Ornaments
Christian Ulbrict Ornaments
Christian Steinbach Ornaments
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The tradition of the Christmas Tree
began in Germany in the 18th century. The wealthier people decorated their
trees with candied fruits
and sugared nuts, but these delicacies were just too expensive and, frankly,
unavailable for the greatest number of people. So, very slowly the ingenious
master craftsmen of the day came up with “substitutes” made
of mouth blown glass that they carefully hand painted to take the place
of the sugarplums and nuts that hung on the trees of their wealthier neighbors.
What began as a substitute created out of necessity, eventually ballooned
into the tradition of glass ornaments that we know and love today. Necessity
as the Mother of Invention! |
| We are pleased to present to you our lovely, handpainted
pewter
ornaments by Willhelm Schweizer of Germany. Schweizer Pewter is
made in Diessen am Ammersee, a little town southwest of Munich. A family
owned firm for over 200 years, the pewter we present to you is made precisely
as it was from the beginning and the workmanship is superb. Each and every
pewter piece is cast in two pieces of slate and hand carved in negative
relief. The two pieces are then pressed together and then filled with hot,
liquid pewter. The slates are then opened and the figure is figured. They
are then hand cleaned and lovingly hand painted. The paints are enamel
paints. |
Steinbach Nutcrackers
Schweizer Pewter Ornaments
German Candles
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Master of The Hunt
Wax Ornaments
Walnut Shell Ornaments
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German Glass Ornaments
German Glass Ornaments
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At The Christmas Sleigh, we carry an
extensive selection of heirloom quality German and Austrian mouth
blown and hand painted ornaments, some of which are available for purchase here
on our web site. Some are Limited Edition pieces, and all the glass ornaments
are exclusive to our shop. Our collection of these beautiful ornaments
numbers in the thousands, so when you are in the Middleburg, Virginia area,
stop by and see our complete collection. |
| No German Christmas would be complete
without the whimsical wooden
hand made ornaments, represented here by Christian Ulbricht. Made in Germany, their colorful and detailed depictions of traditional
German Christmas ornaments are also available here on our web site. We
also carry the complete collection of the wildly popular Steinbach wooden
Christmas ornaments, and we hope to have these on the web in the near future. |
Advent Calendars
Wooden Ornaments
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| And for all the ornaments that are as
yet not available on the web, please don’t hesitate to contact us
(click on contact us button on the homepage) to check for availability
and pricing on our entire collection. |
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