Glass Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1890-1930
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Half-sphere, with smooth exterior and faceted indent molded on one side. Exterior is painted blue, interior of indent is mirrored silver and pink. Metal cap at top with thin bent metal loop inserted and bent wire remnant of hook. No mark. Poland began exporting similar indented ornaments in the mid-1930s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
label: place made
content: Poland
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.298065.0265
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0265
label: accession number
content: 298065
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ornament, christmas tree
label: Other Terms
content: Ornament, Indented; Decorations
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: sphere, indented (ornament shape)
label: Physical Description
content: pink (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 2 in; 4.1275 cm x 6.35 cm x 5.08 cm