Santa Claus Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1890-1950
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament in the shape of Santa Claus, holding an undecorated Christmas tree in his hands, resting on his left sholder. He wears a yellow-gold jacket and pants (legs cut off, bottom of ornament rounded) and yellow-gold cap, jacket and cap are both trimmed in matte white. Iridescent white face and molded long full beard, red mouth, green eyes. Metal cap attached at top of cap, with thin bent metal loop, green and white strings attached for hanging. No mark. Molds such as this were very popular, and this was a standard "Santa Claus" form. Such molds were used prior to 1940, but then reused after 1940, making it difficult to date exactly.
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
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Nancy M. and Robert R. Garvey, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0157.14
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0157.14
label: accession number
content: 1993.0157
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ornament, christmas tree
label: Other Terms
content: Ornament; Decoration
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton string (hanger material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 3.4925 cm x 8.89 cm x 3.81 cm