Glass Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1890-1930
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament, in the shape of a faceted onion, pointed at top and bottom, with four silver indents, one on each side. Each has a scalloped interior. Silver ground with remnants of gold paint on exterior. Interior of each indent shows remnants of red and green glass or paint. Top and bottom are broken off, top is in separate piece. No cap or hook. 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.298065.0257
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0257
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: silvery (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: sphere (ornament, indented shape)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 3 in x 2 1/4 in; 5.3975 cm x 7.62 cm x 5.715 cm