Also one of the nicer thing to come out of
the combination of the soviet-hegemonic 'wall' falling and the move away from
plastics (odd combination but bear with me), has been a real resurgence in the
blown-glass ornament, the art of which excels in those parts of Europe which
were behind the Iron Curtain!
See, method in the madness; Poland, Eastern
Germany and Czechoslovakia (now the Czech and Slovak republics) are the real
home of fancy glass baubles, and their migrant decedents - once 'illegal's'
(ask the Natives) - have taken the skill to North America.
One of the stores leading that move back in
recent years has been good old TKMaxx.
This set was a bit brash for me, I like the soldier, he's a little smaller than
the shelfie I took in TKMaxx's
household subsidiary last year, and better decorated, but the other three would
look a bit daft on a tree I feel, still
- probably aimed more at tourists?
But I bought both these without a second
thought! Also in TKMaxx and - like
all their stuff - limited. The soldier is smaller still, and when I get around
to setting the tree I'll get him out and compare him to the others, while the
tiger was simply irresistible, with his enigmatic yet slightly threatening
smile and golden shine!
My mother has a small fairing-like,
porcelain, pill box with an equally wonderful tiger, so I introduced them and
fired-off a few shots. I took these shots on the 27th of October and I'm still
finding bits of glitter in the counterpane!
The Devil's tree wears Coco Channel! This is hideous! Overblown, fabric and
faux-jewel draped, tasselled piece of jet-black nastiness, it was in an
'advertorial' in last year's papers (possibly the Metro) and I scanned it because I scan anything figural.
The best thing you can do with this is take
it out the back and put it out of its misery with a sledge-hammer! If you put
it on a Christmas tree kids would have nightmares, it's evil - look at its eyes!
I won't tell you what it cost because I've
forgotten, but if you recognise the logo, you'll be able to have a good guess
how many £3.99 tigers you can have instead - I think it's more than ten, many
more!
2 comments:
Yes, like the tiger, thanks for posting- may get one- normally never go near TKMaxx
They've got some really nice stuff this year Andy, and if you can't find it in TKMaxx, the same stuff is in Homesense in greater quantities, if you have one of them nearby.
H
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