At first blush, I thought a family member hand-painted this gem sent in by Karen. When she told me her dog broke the first two she owned, but she located a third, I surmised the George Franke Company might be the source of her joy. It is a Corning blown bulb and I think it was creatively decorated by Ruth Freeman or one of her fellow artists.

Front, note Franke style cap

Ruth Freeman, lead artist at the George Franke Company in Baltimore, Maryland

Back “From Santa”