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, with indent of flower shape molded in center. Mirrored silver, flower petals painted silver 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.298065.0242
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0242
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 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 3/8 in; 2.54 cm x 6.35 cm x 3.4925 cm