Songbird Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1880-1960
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament, silvered ground, painted. In the shape of a songbird. Gray body with yellow-gold molded wings and red beak and top of head. Missing feet, coil legs and a metal clip. Missing a spun glass (angel hair) tail, remnants of which can be seen inside the body. No marks. These molds were used in production prior to 1940, and then reused after that date, making it difficult to date exactly.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
label: place made
content: Asturia
label: place made
content: Czechoslovakia
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.298065.0179
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0179
label: accession number
content: 298065
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ornament, christmas tree
label: Object Type
content: ornaments
label: Other Terms
content: Ornament; Decorations
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: spun glass, angel hair (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 3.175 cm x 8.255 cm x 3.81 cm