Glass Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943-1945
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ball, thin, clear, green glass (un-silvered). Paper/cardboard cap with white string tied in loop for hanging. String has bent wire hook and red ribbon attached. No mark. Probably American, ornaments made in America during WWII were often un-silvered and often had paper caps and hangers due to war-time shortages.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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.298065.0422
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0422
label: accession number
content: 298065
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ornament, christmas tree
label: Object Type
content: ornaments
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (hanger material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton string (hanger material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 2 5/8 in; 7.62 cm x 6.6675 cm