Vintage Beaded Push Pin Bell Christmas Ornament 1960s to 1970s
$19.99
This vintage handmade push pin bell Christmas ornament dates to the 1960s to 1970s craft era, with a cream satin wrapped foam base covered in yellow beads, faux pearls, green accents, red rhinestone flowers, and gold trim.
The bell shape has a large gold tone filigree clapper with a pearl drop, plus a gold hanging cord at the top. A few push pins are missing, but the overall design still presents well and the missing spots are not immediately noticeable when displayed.
This is the kind of detailed home crafted ornament made one pin at a time during the mid century holiday craft boom.
Details
- Item: Handmade beaded push pin bell Christmas ornament
- Item Type: Hanging Christmas ornament
- Era: 1960s to 1970s
- Materials: Foam base, satin or silk thread wrap, sequins, faux pearls, beads, rhinestones, pins, metallic trim, and gold tone metal
- Color: Cream, yellow, green, red, gold, and white
- Style: Handmade push pin Christmas craft
- Dimensions: Approximately 5 inches long and about 3 to 3.5 inches wide at the widest point. Product weight 1.5 ounces. Shipping weight 12 ounces.
- Special Features: Bell shaped foam form with dimensional beading, faux pearls, red rhinestone floral accents, gold metallic trim, hanging cord, and gold tone filigree clapper with pearl drop
- SOLD AS FOUND
Condition Grade: Good
Positives
- Graded Good: The ornament remains complete enough to display well, with the main decorative pattern and hanging elements present.
- The yellow beadwork and red rhinestone accents remain bright.
- The cream wrapped surface gives the bell a soft satin look.
- The gold tone clapper and pearl drop remain attached.
Issues / Wear
- A few push pins are missing from the decorative pattern.
- Light age related wear is visible on the beads, pins, and metallic trim.
- The hanging cord and upper fibers show age and light fraying.
Collector's Notes
Push pin ornaments were popular home craft projects during the 1960s and 1970s, often made from kits using foam forms, sequins, beads, pearls, and metallic trim.
- Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
- Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
- Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
- Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.
Returns
You have 30 days from the delivery of the last item in your order to request a return. Items must come back in the condition they were sent, so please keep the original packaging and take photos before you open a package if it arrives damaged.
To start a return, email us at the address on your order confirmation. You are responsible for return shipping, and we recommend a tracked service, since we can only refund items that arrive back to us.
Refunds are issued to the original payment method within 5 business days of the item arriving back in the condition it was sent. Original shipping charges are not refunded.
Anything marked Final Sale cannot be returned.
Cancellations
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Questions buyers ask
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Every listing spells it out and shows it in photos. Chips, hairlines, crazing, worn plating, old repairs. If I did not mention it, it is not there.
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I note maker, mark, era, and measurements when I can confirm them, and say so plainly when I cannot. Unmarked pieces get dated by what the piece itself shows.
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