Antique hotsell Kugel Christmas Glass Balls, Purple and Gold German Glass Ornaments

Vintage Kugel glass balls

The Listing is for both balls.

I did verify these are Kugel through a collectors forum. The caps are different from most I had seen in the past.

These are 2 inches round. There have wear on the glass and brass hanger caps.

They were OK to hang on my tree for a few hours to photograph - They should be treated with care due to age and mercury glass.

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These ornaments were not sold in America until 1880. “Kugel” is a German word that means "ball" and can be used to describe any type of ball-like object. Collectors used this term to describe any early thick glass ornament with a decorative cap. Early Kugels were too heavy to hang on tree branches; instead they were suspended from the ceiling. Soon after their invention, the Germans decided small Kugels should adorn tree boughs in shapes such as grapes, berry clusters, apples and pears. F. W. Woolworth is given credit for bringing Kugels to America in the 1880s.

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