Glass Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1890-1940
notes: label: Description
content: Blown and molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Half-ellipsoidal shape, with pointed top and bottom, faceted indent molded on front. Mirrored silver under green, with abstract white line design around opening of indent. No cap or hook attached. No mark. Poland 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: 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.298065.0234
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0234
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: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 3 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 3.175 cm x 7.9375 cm x 4.445 cm