Featured Help with 1 of my Victorian scrap tinsel ornaments - what are Mary & baby Jesus sitting in?

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  1. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    I am trying to list this ornament but I realized I have no idea what mother and baby are sitting in. Therefore, I don't know how to orient the photos in the listing.
    Is this a sleigh? A flying boat swing? How should it go?
    Thanks for any suggestions.

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    Bookahtoo, Oct 9, 2020
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  2. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    A cornucopia.

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  3. wiscbirddog

    wiscbirddog Well-Known Member

    Yep, what Debora said!
     
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  4. daveydempsey

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    I agree, Horn of Plenty
     
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  5. Bookahtoo

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    Thanks Debora. So the top photo would be the right orientation?
     
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  6. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

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  7. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Is that the way the handwriting is oriented? Cornucopias are typically depicted upright or on their side.

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  8. bercrystal

    bercrystal Well-Known Member

    I think the top is where the blue bow is situated.
     
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  9. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    A very different looking Cornucopia though....at least to me.......
     
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  10. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    I would orient it with Mary upright, not lounging back or leaning forward.
     
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  11. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    ya..top photo....!
     
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  12. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    that's called morning wood these days...
     
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  13. Bookahtoo

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    I agree Bronwen. This will make the whole ornament slightly askew if you assume the loops should be symmetrical, but it's more important that Mary and baby Jesus look right in the photos.
     
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