German glass ornaments

1. German Glass Blown
Ornaments

2. World War I had a tremendous impact on the world
market and the German glass industry
glass ornament trade felt that business could be
greatly affected by possible hostilities as another
war was to mean stopping of shipments from
Germany

3. After WWII and the fall of The Berlin Wall:
• resulted in most of the firms being
reestablished as private companies.
• Only about 20 small glass-blowing firms are
active in Lauscha today. Although glass
baubles are still produced, baubles are now
made mainly of plastic