Christmas bauble magnificent Peacock - 18cm - Blaze of peacock feathers - ExArte

Christmas bauble magnificent Peacock - 18cm Hand-ornamented 18 cm glass peacock bauble from the "Blaze of peacock feathers" collection, painted in sapphire, green and deep violet with golden glitter, golden beads and rainbow crystals. 41.22 EUR  •  View product →

• The Christmas bauble magnificent Peacock – 18cm is a hand-decorated glass ornament shaped as a bird, built around the "Blaze of peacock feathers" motif. Its surface carries a layered gradient that moves from sapphire through green into deep violet, the true shades of a peacock feather, finished with golden glitter, "peacock eye" contours drawn from small golden beads, and numerous rainbow crystals in round and teardrop cuts. At 18 × 10 cm it is engineered as a standalone display piece rather than a filler ornament, and ExArte positions it to stand on its own as an exceptional bauble on a rack. Each piece is mouth-blown, internally silvered with silver nitrate, and hand-painted in more than ten stages.

• Size: 18 × 10 cm, well above the standard 8–10 cm decorative bauble

• Mouth-blown soda glass, shaped by hand at approximately 1,200 °C

• Hand-decoration across 10+ stages, with premium pieces taking up to about 5 hours

• Internal silvering with silver nitrate for depth and reflectivity

• Signature peacock palette: sapphire, green, deep violet, gold

• Part of the Blaze of peacock feathers collection

Add the magnificent Peacock to your basket to secure one of the few remaining pieces, and explore the rest of the Blaze of peacock feathers collection to build a coordinated display.

Key Specifications at a Glance

Material and Dimensions

Decoration Technique

Shipping and Returns

The 18 cm glass bauble is a hand-decorated glass ornament, which means no two units are identical: slight variations in brushwork and bead placement are the documented signature of the artist's hand.

Who This Bauble Is For

This piece is designed for buyers who treat a Christmas ornament as a collectible object rather than a seasonal consumable. It suits collectors of hand-blown glass baubles, buyers looking for a premium gift with a clear visual identity, and anyone assembling a coordinated "peacock tree" where colour and motif repeat across sizes.

Typical uses include:

• Standalone display on a rack or stand, where the 18 cm bird shape reads as a sculpture

• A central focal point on a Christmas tree, surrounded by smaller ornaments

• An occasion gift, presented in its individual box

• Year-round collector display, since the peacock motif is not tied to a single holiday week

In terms of fit, this is a decorative glass ornament, not a toy, and it is not shatter-proof. It requires careful handling and is intended for display rather than for children's play.

Why the Magnificent Peacock Stands Out

Size Advantage

Standard decorative baubles sit in the 8–10 cm range. At 18 × 10 cm, the magnificent Peacock offers roughly double the linear scale and a substantially larger paintable surface. That matters for a feather motif: artisan sources note that detailed miniature scenes work best on baubles above eight centimetres in diameter, because the surface area allows layered gradients, fine gold lines and bead contours to remain legible rather than compressed. On this piece, the extra surface is what makes the sapphire-to-violet transition and the beaded "peacock eyes" readable from across a room.

Hand-Decoration at Scale

The decoration is not printed or applied by machine. It is brush-painted in more than ten stages, with gold detail lines applied last, and premium pieces can absorb up to about five hours of hand work. The interior is silvered with silver nitrate, a traditional technique that gives the glass its depth and makes the exterior colour appear to glow from within. The result is a piece where the craft input is measurable in hours and stages, not in units per hour.

Polish Glass Heritage

Poland is a structural player in this category, not a marginal one. Polish glass-bauble exports reached €68.2 million in 2023, placing the country third in Europe and fifth globally, with Germany, the United States and France as the leading destinations. By 2024, export value rose to €85 million, a 17% year-on-year increase that moved Poland past Germany into second place among European exporters. That growth occurred while the broader global Christmas-decoration market contracted from €10.3 billion in 2022 to €6.38 billion in 2023, a period in which China's exports fell 42% while Poland's declined only 7%. The magnificent Peacock is a direct product of that manufacturing base, made in Poland by artisans working in a tradition that runs from Lauscha's mid-19th-century glass spheres through Poland's own post-1946 manufactories.

Craft, Colour and Detail: A Closer Look

The Physics Behind Peacock Colour

The reason a peacock feather looks the way it does is not pigment. Peacock tail feathers are pigmented brown; the blue, turquoise and green that the eye registers come from microscopic structure. The blue neck and breast feathers are coloured by an intricate photonic-crystal structure in the barbules, and the tail's iridescence arises from light interacting with regular structures only a few hundred nanometres in size. Reflected waves interfere, reinforcing some wavelengths and cancelling others, which produces bright, angle-dependent colour. Because pigments both reflect and absorb light, structural colour can be considerably brighter than pigmentary colour.

This was observed long before it was explained. In the 17th century, Robert Hooke investigated why peacock-feather colour shifted with viewing angle; when he submerged a feather in water the colour disappeared, and under a microscope he saw tiny ridges, early evidence that reflection and refraction, not pigment, generate the effect. Reproducing that behaviour in paint is the technical challenge this bauble addresses: the gradient must shift across the surface the way a real feather shifts across its curve.

From Sapphire to Violet: The Palette

The background runs from sapphire through greens into deep violet, the actual range found in peacock plumage. The palette is deliberately built on jewel tones, the same family that European trend forecasters identify for the 2026 season: deep burgundy, emerald green and sapphire blue paired with gold accents, alongside iridescent and transparent coloured glass as a leading material. Peacock palettes are consistently described in design terms as confident teal, deep blue-green shadows and warm metallic accents, which is precisely the structure used here: a cool, saturated base interrupted by warm gold.

Golden Details and Crystals

The gold work is where the piece earns its name. Golden glitter supplies the shimmer that mimics the feather's metallic sheen, while the "peacock eyes" are outlined with small golden beads, a motif that also appears in Polish folk decoration under the same name. Numerous rainbow crystals, both round and teardrop, are set across the surface to catch and split light, reinforcing the iridescent reading of the ornament. The layering order matters: base gradient first, then glitter, then bead contours, then gold lines last, so that the finest details sit on top of the colour rather than beneath it.

How It Compares Within the Peacock Collection

The "Blaze of peacock feathers" collection is built as a graded set, so buyers can scale the motif up or down without breaking visual consistency. The table below compares the principal variants on measurable criteria.

The comparison logic is straightforward. If the goal is a single statement object, the magnificent Peacock at 18 × 10 cm delivers the largest available surface for the most complex decoration. If the goal is a full tree, the 10 cm eggs and balls provide the repeatable units that let the 18 cm bird function as the focal point rather than competing with it. The 20 cm "His Majesty" occupies the top of the size range but is currently unavailable, which makes the 18 cm magnificent Peacock the largest peacock bird format in active supply.

Styling, Display and Care

Display Ideas

The most effective use of an 18 cm bird-shaped bauble is as a standalone element. Placed on a rack or stand, it reads as a decorative object in its own right, which is exactly how ExArte positions it. On a tree, treat it as the anchor: hang it at eye level or slightly above centre, then build outward with 10 cm peacock eggs and balls so the motif repeats at a smaller scale. A "peacock tree" works best when the large bird supplies the colour reference and the smaller pieces echo it, rather than when several large ornaments compete for the same visual weight. The ornament hangs from its metal loop, inserted while the glass was hot.

Cleaning and Storage

Glass ornaments of this type should be cleaned only with a dry, soft brush. Water and moisture should be avoided, since the decoration sits on the exterior surface and the interior silvering is a separate layer. Store the piece in its original box, which protects both the painted surface and the loop, and keep it away from damp environments between seasons. Handled this way, a hand-decorated glass bauble is an heirloom-grade object rather than a single-season purchase.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the bauble hand-painted? Yes. Every ExArte bauble is hand-decorated, and this piece is painted in more than ten stages, with premium examples taking up to about five hours of work.

Is every piece identical? No. Because the decoration is applied by hand, slight variations in brushwork, bead placement and glitter distribution occur between units. ExArte treats these variations as proof of the artist's handiwork rather than as defects.

How should I clean it? Use a dry, soft brush only. Avoid water, damp cloths and cleaning agents, and keep the ornament away from moisture.

Is it shatter-proof? No. This is a glass ornament and it is not shatter-proof. It should be handled carefully and displayed where it will not be knocked.

Is it a toy? No. It is a decorative glass ornament intended for display, not a children's toy.

What are the shipping and return terms? Orders are dispatched within 1–2 business days. Delivery within the EU takes 3–5 business days, via DPD, FedEx or InPost, with pickup available in Piaseczno. Buyers have a 14-day withdrawal right.

Will it fit a standard ornament stand? Yes. The piece hangs from a metal loop, the standard fitting for glass baubles, so it works with conventional stands and racks. Given its 18 cm height, a stand rated for larger ornaments is the better match.

What Collectors Say

Buyer feedback on the ExArte store is consistently positive. The store holds a Trusted Shops rating of 4.97 and a Google rating of 5.0 across 48 reviews. The recurring themes in that feedback are the quality of the hand-decoration, the visual impact of the ornaments in person, and the care taken in packaging and dispatch. For a hand-decorated glass piece, where the buyer cannot inspect brushwork before purchase, that pattern of feedback is the most relevant signal available.