Since 1596 the Muller-Belch family of glass-blowers, created beautiful mouth-blown and handpainted glassware. In about 1850, their passion of glass-blowing evolved into the creation of glass Christmas ornaments as we know today. A 400 year old journey, INGE-GLAS of Germany located in Neustadt of northern Bavaria, continues the tradition of quality craftsmanship. Their Star Crown cap, trademarked in 1985, is your guarantee that you possess an authentic heirloom INGE-GLAS ornament. Trust and count on the 5-Point Star Crown of INGE-GLAS and enjoy your collection of ornaments for years to come.