Feathered Friends Christmas Ornament from Merck Family's Old World Christmas
16060, Ornament is brilliantly colored bluebirds sitting together on a branch in shades of blue and touches of gold with glitter details, sweet expressions on faces, made of mouth blown glass and hand painted. Measures 2 1/2"
Birds are symbols of happiness and joy, and so they are regarded as a necessity on the Christmas Tree. Glassblowers often kept wild birds during the winter months since the sound of the gas flame in the workshop prompted the birds to sing. Then when spring arrived, the birds returned to freedom.
