Chive glass trout ornament in cream and brown with speckled scale detail.
Chive glass trout ornament with a dimension diagram showing its curved leaping pose.
Chive glass trout ornament in cream and brown with speckled scale detail.
Chive glass trout ornament with a dimension diagram showing its curved leaping pose.

Animal Christmas Ornaments

Fish Ornament

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$16.95
Great Holiday Gift
Re-strung Ready-to-hang
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There's No Such Thing as Just One Ornament

Pick a favorite. Then accept that "just one" was never really an option.

A fish ornament belongs to the aquarium people and the fishing people and the people who simply like things that swim, and Chive's version serves all three constituencies in hand-blown glass stretching nearly five inches long. The body is pulled from molten glass in a continuous motion that gives the fish its mid-turn posture — tail curving one direction, head angled the other — as if it has just noticed something interesting on a neighboring branch and is deciding whether to investigate. Painted scales layer blues over silvers in a pattern that catches light the way actual fish catch light, which is to say unpredictably and from angles you did not expect. Hang it on an outer branch where it can rotate freely, because a fish that cannot move is a fish that is not finished being looked at. Chive started making ornaments in 2004 and the Royal Ontario Museum now stocks them, which says something reliable about the fish currently swimming toward your branch.

Product Detail
  • Material: Glass
  • Composition: Hand-blown borosilicate glass
  • Finish: Hand painted
  • Hardware: pre-strung with a minimalist cord
  • Year Designed: 2024
Dimensions
  • 4.65 inches long, 1.42 inches wide, 2.05 inches tall
Ornament Care Instruction

Remember, treat these ornaments like you would a friendship with someone who brings good wine: gently. Keep them in a safe spot when not in use, avoid introducing them to toddlers or cats, and they'll be around for many holidays to come.
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Returns

We accept returns within 30 days of delivery on unused items in original packaging. If your piece arrives damaged, contact us within 7 days with a photo and we will replace it at no charge.

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What people are saying our 0rnaments

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The Story Behind This Ornament

The fish ornament is for the aquarium people, the ones who started with a single goldfish from a carnival and currently maintain a planted tank with a specific lighting schedule and opinions about water chemistry and a list of fish names they will share if you ask and sometimes if you do not. My brother-in-law Steve has four tanks. He calls the forty-gallon the main stage. He feeds them at the same time every day and adjusts the pH on a schedule I have seen written on a whiteboard in his garage that looks like it was designed by someone who takes things seriously, which Steve does, about this specifically. The fish know him. I realize how that sounds but they swim to the front of the glass when he approaches and they do not do that for me, which is either recognition or hunger and Steve is certain it is recognition and I am not going to be the one to tell him otherwise because the look on his face when they do it is the look of someone whose effort has been acknowledged by the recipients of that effort and that is worth preserving. The aquarium is a window. Acknowledge the window.

Care Tips

Storage Do’s and Don’ts:

(Because Yes, They’re Fragile)

  • Do wrap each ornament individually in soft tissue paper, bubble wrap, or a gentle cloth. (No, shoving them in a shoebox with tinsel does not count.)
  • Don’t let them clink around in a box together. That’s a recipe for heartbreak and glittery shards.
  • Do store them in a sturdy container (plastic bins with dividers = chef’s kiss) and keep it in a cool, dry place — no attics or sketchy basements, please.

Pro Tip: Label the box like your life depends on it.

Write it on every side, not just the top, since nobody unloading a truck reads the top first. If you're storing these for next year, do future you a favor and note what's inside beyond just "ornaments." A little specificity now saves a lot of bubble wrap archaeology in eleven months.

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More Animal Christmas Ornaments

Our Animal collection is a census of the creatures who actually run our households, taken in hand-painted glass. The Princess Horse Ornament trots in from the same stable of hand-blown creatures and earned its branch the same way.

Hand-Blown Glass Christmas Ornaments

Hand-painted glass rewards the close look, and every Chive ornament is made to be inspected at arm's length — the distance where trees are actually enjoyed. Explore the full Animal Christmas Ornaments collection for every species in glass — each creature is mouth-blown and hand-painted with the same scale-level detail this fish carries from tip to tail.

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Ceramic Flowers That Never Wilt

When the ornaments return to their storage boxes, your walls inherit the full-time job of making the room interesting all year long. Chive's ceramic flowers take that job permanently — hand-painted, wall-mounted, and needing no water or attention beyond the first hanging. Explore the Ceramic Flowers collection and discover blooms that carry the same handmade quality on your wall that this fish carries on your branch.

About Chive Studio

Chive opened for business in 2004 on a bet that people would pay attention to how their ornaments were made if the making was visible in the finished object. An artisan blows each piece from raw glass, and the breath marks remain — subtle asymmetries that prove a person was involved and the involvement mattered. The Fish Ornament carries its scales in hand-applied paint layered to catch light at multiple angles, the way a living fish catches light, which is not something a decal replicates. Chive contends that the ornaments worth keeping are the ones that look slightly different every time the tree lights shift, because consistency is what machines provide and variation is what hands provide and the hands are the reason you chose glass in the first place.

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Frequently asked questions

Who makes a quality fish ornament in blown glass?

Chive makes a hand-blown glass fish ornament that stretches nearly five inches long with hand-painted scales layered in blues and silvers across the entire body. The fish has a mid-turn posture that suggests movement, which is what separates a quality piece from a stiff one on the branch. My uncle, a saltwater tank keeper, called it accurate.

Is the Fish ornament a good stocking stuffer?

The Fish ornament works beautifully as a stocking stuffer because the shape nests naturally between other gifts and emerges tail-first with the kind of reveal that makes the moment memorable for everyone watching. A friend pulled a glass fish from her stocking last year and held it up to the light. The room paused.

Who would love the Fish ornament as a gift?

Buy it for the aquarium keeper, the weekend angler, or anyone who watches nature documentaries specifically for the underwater segments and considers them the best part. Fish people are a broad and passionate constituency and they have been waiting for the tree to reflect their interest. This ornament is that acknowledgment.

What material is the Fish ornament made of?

The Fish is hand-blown glass from tip to tail without exception. A glassblower pulls the body from molten glass in one continuous motion to achieve the turning posture, then a painter layers the scale pattern in blues and silvers using brushes fine enough to separate each individual row. Both roles require remarkably steady hands.

How big is the Fish ornament on the tree?

The Fish measures 4.65 inches long, 1.42 inches wide, and 2.05 inches tall, making it one of the longer ornaments in the animal collection — it works best on an outer branch where it can rotate freely and catch different light angles throughout the evening. Fish were not designed to stay still.

How should I store the Fish ornament after christmas?

Wrap the fish in tissue from head to tail and lay it flat in a compartmented storage box placed in a closet or interior shelf — somewhere temperature stays consistent through the seasons. My grandmother treated January packing like a ritual and each ornament received individual tissue. None broke across forty years of service.

Do you have more animal ornaments like the Fish?

Chive offers a full lineup of Animal Christmas Ornaments in hand-blown glass — horses, hedgehogs, sea turtles, whales, and creatures you did not know you needed on a tree until you saw them hanging there in the light. The collection grows annually because the pairing of animals and glass remains natural.

Does the Fish ornament come in a gift box?

The Fish ships in protective transit packaging rather than a decorative gift box — it is designed for safe delivery above all, not presentation wrapping. Gift presentation falls to you after arrival, which is either a burden or a creative outlet depending on your relationship with scissors. The fish arrives intact.
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