Bright and festive - a glass Christmas tree toy on a clothespin displayed on Violiti
The new year is long gone. But for collectors of Christmas decorations, this holiday never ends. Toys, garlands, tree tops and so on constantly attract them, regardless of the season. So it happened with this lot.
The Lady on the Chest is a glass Christmas tree toy on a clothespin. The product is made in bright colors, which emphasizes the belonging to the New Year's celebration. A woman in multicolored clothes is sitting on a rectangular golden chest.
The pivotal year for domestic Christmas tree decorations is 1935. It was from that moment that the decision was made to return the New Year celebration with the traditional Christmas tree and its decorations. In the 1920s and 1930s, it was considered an attribute of old Christmas traditions that needed to be eradicated.
The "official permission" for decoration also changed the character of toys. As a rule, they began to wear propaganda - red stars at the top, stratospheric balloons and bugles, portraits of politicians.
Post-war toys were already characterized by brightness and great variety. Gradually they became more childish - fairy-tale characters, animals and birds, representatives of different professions and nationalities.
As for the use of toys on clothespins, in the USSR it fell on the 1950s-1960s. Circus performers and musicians, houses and Christmas trees covered with snow appeared on the trees. Such New Year decorations gave the trees a special charm. It is enough just to look at the "Lady on the Chest" toy sold at Violiti.
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The Lady on the Chest is a glass Christmas tree toy on a clothespin. The product is made in bright colors, which emphasizes the belonging to the New Year's celebration. A woman in multicolored clothes is sitting on a rectangular golden chest.
The pivotal year for domestic Christmas tree decorations is 1935. It was from that moment that the decision was made to return the New Year celebration with the traditional Christmas tree and its decorations. In the 1920s and 1930s, it was considered an attribute of old Christmas traditions that needed to be eradicated.
The "official permission" for decoration also changed the character of toys. As a rule, they began to wear propaganda - red stars at the top, stratospheric balloons and bugles, portraits of politicians.
Post-war toys were already characterized by brightness and great variety. Gradually they became more childish - fairy-tale characters, animals and birds, representatives of different professions and nationalities.
As for the use of toys on clothespins, in the USSR it fell on the 1950s-1960s. Circus performers and musicians, houses and Christmas trees covered with snow appeared on the trees. Such New Year decorations gave the trees a special charm. It is enough just to look at the "Lady on the Chest" toy sold at Violiti.
Read also: Magnificence, airiness and lightness - a silver sculpture of the Snow Maiden
