Antiques journal
MEET THE COLLECTOR CHRISTMAS BAUBLES
Tamsyn Morgans
What I collect: I obsessively collect antique and vintage mercury glass baubles dating from the 1930s to the 1980s. They come in a huge array of colours, shapes and designs, with my favourites being concave spheres, bells, fruits and walnuts, and those handpainted with flowers. Some later baubles border on kitsch, but I love the earlier ones for their faded colours and patina.
As a child I remember my family having three small pale pink baubles, which came from my grandmother. Years later I saw some in a) – they act like house jewellery and can be used in many ways.
