Christmas decoration
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass, paper and cardboard.
Measurements
Smaller glass ornament - 40 mm (diameter), Larger glass ornament - 50 mm (diameter), Side of square lantern - 70 mm (length), Side of triangular lantern 75 mm (length), Each paper lantern, extended - 80 mm (height), Base of paper candle (stored) - 110 mm (width), Paper candle - 195 mm (height)
Place of origin
Hong Kong
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 662376
Summary
A collection of Christmas decorations comprising two glass tree ornaments, two 'Chinese' paper lanterns and a honeycomb-type paper candle. One of the glass ornaments is spherical, painted in silver-coloured paint on the lower half and pink metallic paint on the upper, decorated with white, with the remains of glitter on the pattern on the upper half. The other glass ornament is moulded into a stylised fruit shape and has been painted in pink metallic paint over silver colour. The pink has largely come off. Each has a metal fitting at the top for attaching it to a tree (one has a piece of brown thread attached). The tissue paper lanterns are similar in everything but shape and colour. As stored (concertina-ed), one is pink and square and the other is yellow and triangular (both with rounded corners). At the top of each is a correspondingly-shaped colour-printed cardboard piece with a hole on the centre. Attached to opposite sides of this are the ends of a piece of fine metal wire. At the other end is a similar shape (without a hole) which has a cotton thread tassel attached. The tissue paper is printed with images of flowers and leaves. The tissue paper candle decoration is stored 'collapsed' inside a cardboard cover, printed with a design of coloured balloons, many of which have 'Peter Pan'' printed on them, but can be opened out around its back edge (as if hinged) to form the shape of a lit white candle in a red holder. At the top of the 'flame' is a hanging thread made from yellow cotton, and halfway down the 'candle' and at the edge of the 'holder' are silver-coloured metal tabs for holding the decoration closed. Total number of items is 5.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs Christine Brumbill in September 2006.
Marks and inscriptions
On the end of the paper lantern: 'MADE IN HONG KONG'