Handmade Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1870-1910
notes: label: Description
content: Handmade holiday or Christmas ornament/candy container. Cardboard, in shape of sphere, opens to become two identically-sized halves. Exterior has paper scene papier-machéd on front and back, perhaps cut from book or magazine, of a Santa figure carrying a bag of presents walking in front of a house, an angel and a squirrel stand next to him. The same image is on both sides. Silver glitter surrounds the seam; interior is lined in matte paper, white ground with printed floral pattern. Paper lace lines the interior opening of one side. Gold thread in a loop serves as hook. No mark.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
label: place used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Christmas
label: Subject
content: Santa Claus
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Jones
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.298065.0385
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0385
label: accession number
content: 298065
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ornament, christmas tree
label: Object Type
content: ornaments
label: Other Terms
content: Ornament; Decorations
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glitter (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: multi (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in; 6.35 cm