Shiny Bright Ornament

The image shows a vintage Shiny Brite Christmas ornament. These ornaments were mass-produced in the United States starting in the late 1930s.  Shiny Brite ornaments were created by Max Eckardt in partnership with the Corning Glass Company to ensure a domestic supply of ornaments during World War II, when imports from Germany were disrupted.  The ornaments were made using machinery originally designed to produce light bulbs.  Early ornaments often had paper caps instead of metal ones due to wartime metal shortages.  The brand name "Shiny Brite" is often stamped on the metal cap of original ornaments.