1940s Shiny Brite Newspaper Advertisements What I find interesting about the ornament graphic is the use of a three sided German reflector rather than a plain early reflector made in AmericaSince the turn of the century, consumers were used to buy one or two bulbs in a transaction. The practice continued into the early 1940s when bulbs were sometimes sold two for $.15In this ad, the graphic looks like an ornament from Poland or the Czech Republic but they were not imported into the United States during the years 1940-1947Corning Glass Works, the manufacturer of all Shiny Brite and George Franke ornaments stayed hidden but the company’s technology was touted as Air BlownFinally, the market shifts to consistently selling ornaments by the dozen.