Shiny Brite Ornament
by JAMART Photography
Title
Shiny Brite Ornament
Artist
JAMART Photography
Medium
Photograph - Art Photography
Description
FAA4659
Shiny Brite
Hunlock Creek PA
2015
https://www.bhg.com/christmas/ornaments/shiny-brite-ornaments/
If you've ever helped your grandparents decorate their Christmas tree, chances are you've hung a few Shiny Brite ornaments. The ornaments (appropriately named for their signature shiny coating) were insanely popular in the 1940s and 50s, so many people in our grandparents' generation still have and use the ornaments today.
First made in Germany in the late 1930s, Shiny Brites were created by ornament maker Max Eckardt, who had the idea to coat glass ornaments with silver nitrate to make them stay shiny longer than any other ornaments on the market. At the onset of World War II, Eckardt moved the company to America and found almost instant success. The ornaments were so popular that he partnered with the Corning Glass Company in Corning, New York in order to make more inventory. In 1939, Woolworth's ordered 235,000 ornaments—and sold them for just two cents each.
Uploaded
February 5th, 2017
Statistics
Viewed 95 Times - Last Visitor from White Plains, NY on 04/08/2024 at 9:30 PM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
Comments
There are no comments for Shiny Brite Ornament. Click here to post the first comment.