<Delft blue Christmas ornaments>
In the Middle Ages, during the darkest time of the year, people brought branches of evergreens into their houses. These branches were decorated with apples and nuts. A tree with apples can also be seen as a reference to the Tree of Good and Evil in Paradise. Later special biscuits and colourful home-made paper decorations were added.
The glass baubles as we know them were first made by glassblowers in Germany, in the town of Lauscha, in the middle of the 19th century.
The paper ornaments of this set are decorated with late 17th-century Delft-blue pottery motifs. Their basic shape is the dodecahedron, a regular figure of twelve faces, one of the five ‘solids’ of the philosopher Plato. Models of the dodecahedron are known from Roman times.
With this set you can make five paper Christmas ornaments; 3 large baubles with a diameter of 9.5 cm. and two smaller baubles with a diameter of 6.5 cm.
Take out all parts and slide them into each other according to the instructions.
No scissors or glue needed. Detailed instructions inside the folder.