Globe Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1890-1940
notes: label: Description
content: Blown glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Clear, globe-shaped glass top, with curled (annealed) glass loop at top, thin metal wire hook attached. Glass dome is painted with white dots on top, sits on top of thin wood or cardboard, painted white with white opalescent glitter. A snowman sits inside of globe, with black pointed cap, black dot eyes and “buttons” down front of body, red nose and mouth. Snowman is possibly composed of plaster. White shimmering mica glitter all over body and inside ground. No mark.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
label: place made
content: United States
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.298065.0409
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0409
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: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: sphere (ornament shape)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 2 1/8 in; 6.985 cm x 5.3975 cm