Blown Glass Egyptian Hippopotamus Ornament

A hand blown Christmas hippo ornament is hand made in Egypt using a high quality heat resistance glass and embellished with 21k gold. This beautiful ornament will bring happiness every year when you bring it out of its storage box to hang on your tree. Or you can hang it in a window to catch the light and enjoy year-round.

How the Ornaments Are Made

Each piece goes through seven main steps before it is complete:

1. Preparing glass in accordance with the specified design size
2. The glass blowers heat the glass and start shaping the different pieces without using any molds
3. First quality check to insure size matches the targeted design
4. The craftsmen start etching pieces in accordance to the specified design
5. The artisans start painting pieces then preparing them to be heated for 5-6 hours in a high temperature oven to fix colors
6. Once the pieces are done they are left for 3-4 hours then once again our artisans start painting the gold and preparing pieces to go into the oven again for 5-6 hours
7. Second quality check is made for color matches and gold degree as well as any air bubbles that might be in the glass

Measures about 5 1/2" long and 3 1/2" high. Please specify burgundy, sapphire, or gold at checkout.