Glass Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1890-1940
notes: label: Description
content: Blown and molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ellipsoidal shape, with pointed top and bottom, and faceted indents in front and back. Mirrored silver, painted with matte red bands on each side, red indents. Cursive “L” motif in white above and below indents. No cap or hook attached. One of the indents is broken with a piece missing. No mark. Poland began exporting indented ornaments similar to this one 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.298065.0240
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0240
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: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: composition (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ellipsoid, indented (ornament shape)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 3.4925 cm x 6.6675 cm x 3.4925 cm