01-30-2003 03:47 PM
01-27-2014 09:21 AM
Having the same question regarding Resl Lenz, I just found the following information on Itsy pertaining to a Resl Lenz ornament.
West German collectible
Vintage Resl Lenz blown glass ornament, gold foil Partridge.
The company was started by Resl Lenz in 1949, and continues today as a "Mom and Pop" run by she, her husband and daughter. Her work is sought after and highly collectible. The work is impeccable and quite beautiful.
This Vintage piece is handmade of blown glass, heavy aluminum foil and beads.
12-01-2014 05:46 PM
I recently did a search for the gold foil circles ornament with gold small beads that encircled the foil circles. I was so surprised to discover the ornament I loved as a child used to be encased in glass. Apparently it had already broke before my childhood memories of it. I bought a newer version in red. I hope that your family's company can make some gold foil circle ones with the similar small gold beads around it, right now the newer ones only have the clear, larger beads with the gold foil circles.
I loved this ornament as a child until sadly it fell to pieces. I have seen a few on ebay of the 1968 version with the mercury glass beads.
Thanks so much for still being around as a company!
Sincerely,
Barbara LeBlanc
barbmarie@hotmail.com
@stki88 wrote:
Hello all,
I am not sure, if this is still interesting.
I am Resl Lenz' granddaughter, and now my mother Juliane Muijsson-Lenz has taken over the business (some years ago).
My grandmother started with the ornaments 50 years ago and she and also my grandfather are still very busy helping my mum with the business.
Should you be interested to learn more about the history of Lenz - Kugeln just have a look at our homepage: www.resl-lenz.de
By the way if you want to clean the balls inside, open the golden top very carefully, then you take a paper towel with some cleaning agent on it and bind it around some kind of stick (like a pencil). Then you can clean the inside very carefully and fix the top again.
We also have trade partners for the USA. More information you can find on our web site.
It was a pleasure for me to read that my grandmother's balls have travelled so far and that some of you have them already for such a long time. I am very proud of my grandmother who started a business all on her own 50 years ago. I thank you very much and wish you all the best!
Yours Brigitte Kirmeier (former Muijsson-Lenz)
12-04-2014 05:29 PM
Not sure the cleaning can be done with the newer ones, the top and bottom is glued pretty strongly to the glass.
12-14-2014 02:46 PM
I know this thread isn't current, but my family also has the same set of ornaments from FAO schwartz. And for YEARS I've been looking on eBay and antiques dealers trying to find out who they were made by and if I could find more. They are so loved by my family and it's been on ongoing quest to figure this out. So did Resl Lenz design them for FAO Schwatz? Any information on the topic would be a Christmas miracle! Here's a photo of one of the ornaments!
11-14-2016 09:57 AM
Hello, just to let you know that the Resl Lenz ornaments are still being made in Germany and we're the importer of the ornaments in the USA. If you go to Deutschland Collectibles website you'll find all the Resl Lenz ornaments that are currently made plus we list them on Ebay.
Here's our link of all the Resl Lenz ornaments
http://www.deutschlandcollectibles.com/resl-lenz
Steve Carbone
Deutschland Collectibles
11-14-2016 10:01 AM
11-14-2016 10:03 AM
11-14-2016 10:05 AM
you can check Bearbooboo auctions they are the importer for Resl Lenz ornament and they have a website.
01-02-2017 10:25 PM
We are the largest importer of Resl Lenz ornaments in the US. Members of the Lenz family even came to our store to do demonstrations in 2014 and 2015. Theyt have a very special series "The Twelve Days of Christmas" which we carry. As of 2016, they have 5 of the Days of Christmas available. Our current collection can be found here: http://www.thechristmashausonline.com/releglor.html
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