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An unusual circa 1920s German mercury glass double hanging ornament featuring an embossed red feather tree size bell dangling from a 2" diameter gold sphere or ball with double pikes. The blown glass bell has a wired crystal bead clapper inside.

The ornament is about 4-1/2" long overall. The gold finish of the ball has a nice stardust sparkle effect to the finish. I'm not sure what causes that in some old mercury glass ornaments - it's probably fine age crazing or something, but it's pretty. The bell still has great coverage of the red coloring but has lost much of its inner silvering which will give it a near transparent look when held to strong light.