Get an instant stash of a dozen vintage novelty Christmas glass ball ornaments in different designs, colors, and sizes! These are considered vintage novelty ornaments because they aren’t just a solid-color ball shape. They have handpainted scenes, stenciled designs in mica glitter, stripes, and more. One of them is not a ball, but a house with mica snow at the top and bottom.

There are so many ways to use these ornaments—on the Christmas tree, of course, as well as displayed in bowls, on plates, scattered among your other decorations, and more.

The balls are different colors, but overall include pink, blue, red, white, gold, and silver. Please see the pictures for the different designs. The balls range from 3” to 2 ½” including the necks. The house ornament is 3 ½” high, including the neck.

These balls have the gorgeous patina of vintage glass balls that just can’t be replicated with new ones. But along with that beauty comes age marks—some scratches, crazing, fading, spots, discoloring, paint loss, rust and tarnish on the caps, or other imperfections. Some of the mica or paint might be rubbed away. The house ornament has what appears to be glue on one side. See pics.

I have more pictures than I was able to post—let me know if you’d like to see them.

They were made by different manufacturers (a few are Shiny Brites) and are not in their original boxes. A few are quite old—pre-World War II (making their history even extra special).

This item is sold from a vintage boutique in Jenkintown, Pa.