Glass Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1890-1940
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Semi-sphere, with faceted indent molded on one side. Mirrored silver, body coated with white paper glitter/mica, with inside of indent painted red and green. Metal cap (iron or steel?) attached at top, with thin metal loop and bent crinkle wire attached. Ball is broken with large piece missing, remnants of which are inside ornament. No mark. Possibly made in Poland, as the country began exporting similar indented ornaments in the 1930s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
label: place made
content: Polish
label: place used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Christmas
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.298065.0348
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0348
label: accession number
content: 298065
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ornament, christmas tree
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 2 in x 1 1/2 in; 3.175 cm x 5.08 cm x 3.81 cm