Gothic Bat Glass Christmas Ornament gads-hw purple and green pile up

purple and green pile up over the bottom of the frame

The sky behind the branches is amber and heavy

not from real glass

silver through the belly and edged with copper acanthus curls that spill off both horns

Gothic Bat Glass Christmas Ornament gads-hw purple and green pile upBlack gems drip from the wings. A bat hangs beneath a small lantern chain, wings spread wide and worked entirely in dark metal scrollwork curls, spirals and pierced panels instead of plain membrane. Faceted black teardrops dangle from the lower edge of each wing and from the body, six or seven in all. Behind sits a moonlit wood in teal and lime, the full moon directly behind the bat's head, pale trunks either side. That metalwork is printed onto the