Pair of 1940s SHINY BRITE WWII TRANSPARENT ORNAMENTS Gray & Green 3"

Shiny Brite History - Updated Findings American made glass ornaments came into great demand in the 1940s when the use of prewar blown glass ornament sources in Germany turned bleak and supplies disappeaared.  Two German immigrants, Otto Kohler and Fred Walter, teamed to make glass ornaments in their North Bergen, NJ factory (opened in 1927 for making electric light bulbs)  and employed glassblowers and painters to make ornaments in 1939.   The name "Shiny Brite" had been used about four years before K&W Glass Works was awarded the trademark in 1942.    Use of the light bulb manufacturing made glass blanks as opposed to mouthblown glass came in the early 1940s to K&W, Premier and other decorating companies as Corning in Wellsboro, PA eventually produced 40,000,000 ornament blanks a year!  From the war years and decades to come Shiny Brite ornaments grew and grew in popularity. Among the millions of Shiny Brites made, the rarest are war years produced baubles,  as round glass ornaments were once called; they did not have  inside reflective silver coatings due to silver conservation during the war.  They were manufactured only a few years.   Our three inch ornaments include the pike; this size and larger are harder to find than smaller versions. Each o rnament possesses faint colorations of either gray or green, both seldom seen Shiny Brite colors and only on some wartime ornaments. Condition is very good with variations in lacquer adherance and some surface imperfections which do not hinder their nice appearance on the tree; the price has been adjusted accordingly. Want to know more?  We welcome your questions!  Thank you. Order several for reduced shipping expense - request invoice before paying. Packed well in recycled materials usually within a day of receiving your order and shipping by USPS. Loc Bx G