I’ve considered the idea of tinting the flowers on the inside of the frosted layer so it would be very subtle. Just last night, I made the connection between my very specific yet subconscious mental reference for this reminding me of a Japanese lantern.
I recently browsed through a local online estate auction that had a bunch of antique milk glass novelty Christmas light bulbs like these. I’ve looked at them before, but always opted not to get any because they’re light bulbs rather than ornaments. Not to say that I wouldn’t pick them up if I found them at a thrift store or whatever, but paying a premium from an antique or estate sale just wasn’t something I wanted to do. But now I’ve given some thought to painting one with a subdued reference to this now-obvious reference to see what I think of it. 