Glass Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1890-1930
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament, oval/onion-shaped, pointed at top and bottom, with a faceted indent molded on front and back. Mirrored silver painted red (half of red has flaked off), with blue “squiggled” lines on either side of indents, one of which is painted same blue color. Metal cap attached at top point, with metal loop holder and bent wire hook attached. 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.298065.0274
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0274
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: silver (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 4 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 11.7475 cm x 6.0325 cm