Glass Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1890-1940
notes: label: Description
content: Free-blown and molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ellipsoidal shape with pointed top and bottom, molded indent of flower shape in center of one side (front). Mirrored yellow-gold, flower petals painted gold and pink, alternating. No cap or hanger 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.298065.0243
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0243
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: gold (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ellipsoid, indented (ornament shape)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 7.3025 cm x 3.4925 cm