Glass Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1880-1915
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Heavy glass ball, flattened bottom, with heavy metal cap solidly attached at top, round loop for hanging. Hoop and cap have been painted gold. Ball is mirrored gold with “crackle” finish. Possible stamp on bottom of ball, but highly illegible. No other marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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.298065.0282
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0282
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: gold (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: sphere (ornament shape)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 9.525 cm x 6.985 cm