As promised, here are some photos of the wonderful vintage Christmas things I found yesterday. There were quite a few different bags and boxes of 'stuff' and I haven't really plumbed the depths of quite all of it yet. Plus, there were two boxes of vintage Christmas lights which I left behind (though I now wish I'd bought those as well, of course). The lights were vintage enough to have bakelite plugs attached - and they weren't in working order (one of the helpers at the 'Coffee and Jumble' very bravely plugged them in for me) - but they were very pretty. Perhaps they'll still be there next week - fingers crossed.
Anyhoo, one of my favourites is this clip-on glass bird with a sort of bottle-brush tail.
Teeny, tiny boxes of teeny, tiny glass baubles.
Not one but two 'concertina' paper Snowmen.
Four lot of paper chains - which I'm not sure have ever been used.
Two Chinese paper lanterns.
Lovely vintage boxes.
Some rather odd Sputnik-style large plastic bauble thingies.
A fairy who's in need of a bit of TLC.
A fleecy deer / (?) reindeer.
Two small fleecy birds.
And a whole bagful of vintage plastic cracker toys.
Over forty in all, and all stamped with that famous phrase from my childhood days - 'Made in Hong Kong.'
These are all amazing - no wonder you were so thrilled to get them. I can remember the clip-on glass bird with brush tail, also the paper lanterns and concertina paper decorations. I am especially jealous of the 2 red London Buses in the cracker toy collection!
Posted by: Wendy | 07/07/2009 at 08:33 PM
What a fab haul - I am always on the look out for the cracker toys. I have a clip on bird like that from my Dad's first christmas tree, 1921 - our family were happy to have things passed on that was bought for the children's first tree.
Posted by: Claire | 07/08/2009 at 01:13 PM
Some amazing stuff there. I do like the bird and the cracker toys. (surprised not to see the fake black moustache that I always seemed to get!)
Posted by: sharie | 07/08/2009 at 05:38 PM
My mom just gifted me with a similar angel! Nice haul!
Posted by: Darling Petunia | 07/10/2009 at 04:23 PM
Hi there! I hope this is ok but I've added your fairy to an blog entry about tree topper fairies. There's a link back here on the article.
Posted by: Rhissanna | 12/08/2011 at 10:36 PM