Antique Christmas Ornaments Fabric Cotton Ornaments

MerryThe'sChristmasCollection

Fabrics - Textile

St. Nicolas with scrap face
and paper staf, traces of mica

Dwarf with scrap Santa face
green crèpe hat and scrap or Dresden bugel

Santa scrap face, cotton hood
and crèpe dress !!

Cat with cotton head and chenille body,
metal pin in his back instead of a loop

Clown with cotton head with black hat and a green bottle-shaped something
on a spring, chenille body with pin in his back instead of a loop

Cotton spider with wire legs in a web:
spider is covered with small pieces of purple crèpe paper and small painted green specks on his cotton body;
the web is made of wire and silk thread;
all is covered with a transparant substance to imitate dew on the spider's web

Boy with scrap face with
red crèpe hat and red paper strip, traces of mica

Dog or rabbit (?) with fabric ears
and pink ribbon

Pink pig with paper ears and
pleasant cotton curly tail

This small chick is only 4cm wide,
with red paper beak

Skier composition face, cotton body with
mica, blue stamp "JAPAN" under his skis

Snowman, traces of mica,
with cardboard hat

Santa candy container,
cardboard painted face, 33cm high

Cotton air balloon with scrap angel
and crinkle Leonean wire

Santa scrap face with Dresden flower,
mica glitter

Lady with scrap face,
Dresden flower on hat, mica glitter

Girl scrap face, paper wings, green border
on cap and apron, traces of mica

Girl with scrap face, pink cotton scarf,
traces of mica, on a swing, front and back

Another girl with other scrap face, pink cotton scarf,
traces of mica, on a swing, front and back

Farmer girl with crèpe pink bodice and grey crèpe hood,
scrap face and dried flowers

Front and back cotton body, covered with mica, partly turned green,
and scrap faces and trees

Front and back of a cotton air balloon, but I am not sure it is cotton; help needed;
the basket, made of tinsel/cotton garland, inserted with paper Prussian soldiers and signal flags;
held up with Gablonz bugles and beads; ca 16cm high
String of the paper flags were also used as tree decorations.

Russian figure "Father Christmas",
missing his staff and cotton sack;
36cm high

Front and back of three angels with bisque face, unmarked, crèpe skirts and cotton cape and muff, Dresden wings; one also in the porcelain page

wo candle holders with cotton angels with papier maché faces, imitaton blond hair, cotton fabric clothes, Dresden wings, stars and one Dresden horn, wooden sledge;
both fixed to a thick cardboard base, covered with white paint and possibly granulated Venetion dew, ca 10cm high. Also shown in the Candleholders page.

Two candle holders with cotton angels with papier maché faces, imitaton blond hair, one with cotton fabric gown and one with lace gown, Dresden wings, stars and a wooden sledge;
the left fixed to a thick cardboard base, covered with white paint and possibly granulated Venetion dew, while the other has an imitation ice base, ca 10cm high. Also in the Candleholers page.

Front and back of a doll, someone dressed up with a cotton dress, cape and hood,
mounted on a lampshade, to be used as a treetop; ca 25cm high

Two clowns with cotton head and hat, body wax paper bags, filled with colored cotton balls;
total 13cm high

Colored cotton balls in a plastic bag,
marked "20 WATTEBOLLETJES 18mm" and "20 BOULES D'OUATE 18mm" with a pirate's head;
total ca 16cm high

Set of three snowmen with plastic hats and chenille arms and scarf

Three snowmen, all with cardboard hat, left with plastic hat; ca 7cm high

Snowman, with plastic hat; 7cm high

Musicians, chenille arms, cotton head and body, ca 6,5 and 7,5cm high

Elf, chenille arms, 7,5cm high

Elf on cotton log, chenille arms, 7,5cm high

Snowman with tinsel tree, 7cm high

Cotton fruit with leaves and ground glass or glitter

Half of a nutshell used to make a basket with cotton fruit and tinsel handle

Cotton basket with cotton mushrooms

Cotton icicles, sometimes alse described as corn and two turnips, white and blue, mica glitter

Cotton bell with with golden lucky-charm
horseshoe and red berries

Two cotton birds in a
tinsel and chenille cage

Two ornaments on a clip, a bird with glass tail and a mushroom, both with a different design clip.

Two cotton ornaments on a clip, a bird with glass tail and a mushroom
with silver glitter now dark grey, both with a different design clip.

Small pressed cotton bird with real feather tail and wings,
with a green wire to attach to a branch; I have no idea of its age

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Different cottons were used to make these ornaments, so called: cotton batting, pressed cotton, spun cotton, but I am not specifying this here. The main material is cotton. For cotton candy containers we refer to the "candy container" section.
St. Nicolas with scrap face and paper staf, traces of mica	Dwarf with scrap Santa face green crèpe hat and scrap or Dresden bugel	Santa scrap face, cotton hood and crèpe dress !!	Cat with cotton head and chenille body, metal pin in his back instead of a loop
Clown with cotton head with black hat and a green bottle-shaped something on a spring, chenille body with pin in his back instead of a loop
Cotton spider with wire legs in a web: spider is covered with small pieces of purple crèpe paper and small painted green specks on his cotton body; the web is made of wire and silk thread; all is covered with a transparant substance to imitate dew on the spider's web
Boy with scrap face with red crèpe hat and red paper strip, traces of mica	Dog or rabbit (?) with fabric ears and pink ribbon	Pink pig with paper ears and pleasant cotton curly tail	This small chick is only 4cm wide, with red paper beak
Skier composition face, cotton body with mica, blue stamp "JAPAN" under his skis	Snowman, traces of mica, with cardboard hat	Santa candy container, cardboard painted face, 33cm high	Cotton air balloon with scrap angel and crinkle Leonean wire
Santa scrap face with Dresden flower, mica glitter	Lady with scrap face, Dresden flower on hat, mica glitter	Girl scrap face, paper wings, green border on cap and apron, traces of mica
Girl with scrap face, pink cotton scarf, traces of mica, on a swing, front and back		Another girl with other scrap face, pink cotton scarf, traces of mica, on a swing, front and back
Farmer girl with crèpe pink bodice and grey crèpe hood, scrap face and dried flowers		Front and back cotton body, covered with mica, partly turned green, and scrap faces and trees
Front and back of a cotton air balloon, but I am not sure it is cotton; help needed; the basket, made of tinsel/cotton garland, inserted with paper Prussian soldiers and signal flags; held up with Gablonz bugles and beads; ca 16cm high String of the paper flags were also used as tree decorations.
Russian figure "Father Christmas", missing his staff and cotton sack; 36cm high
Front and back of three angels with bisque face, unmarked, crèpe skirts and cotton cape and muff, Dresden wings; one also in the porcelain page
wo candle holders with cotton angels with papier maché faces, imitaton blond hair, cotton fabric clothes, Dresden wings, stars and one Dresden horn, wooden sledge; both fixed to a thick cardboard base, covered with white paint and possibly granulated Venetion dew, ca 10cm high. Also shown in the Candleholders page.
Two candle holders with cotton angels with papier maché faces, imitaton blond hair, one with cotton fabric gown and one with lace gown, Dresden wings, stars and a wooden sledge; the left fixed to a thick cardboard base, covered with white paint and possibly granulated Venetion dew, while the other has an imitation ice base, ca 10cm high. Also in the Candleholers page.

Front and back of a doll, someone dressed up with a cotton dress, cape and hood, mounted on a lampshade, to be used as a treetop; ca 25cm high
Two clowns with cotton head and hat, body wax paper bags, filled with colored cotton balls; total 13cm high		Colored cotton balls in a plastic bag, marked "20 WATTEBOLLETJES 18mm" and "20 BOULES D'OUATE 18mm" with a pirate's head; total ca 16cm high
Set of three snowmen with plastic hats and chenille arms and scarf		Three snowmen, all with cardboard hat, left with plastic hat; ca 7cm high
Snowman, with plastic hat; 7cm high	Musicians, chenille arms, cotton head and body, ca 6,5 and 7,5cm high		Elf, chenille arms, 7,5cm high
Elf on cotton log, chenille arms, 7,5cm high	Snowman with tinsel tree, 7cm high

Cotton fruit with leaves and ground glass or glitter		Half of a nutshell used to make a basket with cotton fruit and tinsel handle
Gherkin	Cotton basket with cotton mushrooms
Cotton icicles, sometimes alse described as corn and two turnips, white and blue, mica glitter		Cotton bell with with golden lucky-charm horseshoe and red berries	Two cotton birds in a tinsel and chenille cage
Two cotton ornaments on a clip, a bird with glass tail and a mushroom with silver glitter now dark grey, both with a different design clip.		Small pressed cotton bird with real feather tail and wings, with a green wire to attach to a branch; I have no idea of its age