Cardboard mini-house ornaments

Post by **paulrace** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 3:50 pm

A trip to Crawfordsville, Indiana, included a run to Goodwill to get rid of a lot of clutter. But you can't, morally, just drop things off - you have to go in, too. Found a pile of mini putz houses. I have to assume that they're post-mini-lights, because of the very tiny holes in the back. The set that was most unusual had little hooks for hanging from a Christmas tree. My guess is that someone had all three sets in a tree. They are TINY!

Post by **paulrace** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 3:54 pm

The set that was most interesting to me is the set in the foreground. How often do you see a castle and a stockade in the same set? The castle was obviously missing at least one spire, and the paper "windows" were punched in a couple places, but other than that, it is in fairly good condition.

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Post by **paulrace** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:01 pm

Sides and backs:

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Post by **paulrace** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:03 pm

Bottoms. Only one mark, a "1" on the bottom of the castle.

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Post by **paulrace** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:05 pm

Tried to take a photo of them backlit from the window so you could see how the light comes through the paper windows. Failed. But the photos are still interesting.

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Post by **paulrace** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:09 pm

On the last photo, the bottlebrush to the left has got some fake snow fabric tangled up in it. The house on the right has a bottlebrush glued sideways to represent a hedge. The shiny stuff is mica. The standing trees seem to be glued into little translucent bases of some kind, but they're so tiny I can't really be sure they're not molded onto the things.

Post by **Tom Hull** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 12:43 am

The smaller "ornament houses" with the little castle are part of a ten piece set. These sets can be from either Italy or Japan. The original sets had a light string in it made in their respective countries and indeed they were miniature strings.