Glass Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1890-1940
notes: label: Description
content: Free-blown and molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Oblong shape with pointed top and bottom, with indent of flower shape molded on one side (front). Mirrored silver under yellow-gold, flower petals painted pink. Gold metal cap with thin bent wire loop and bent wire hook attached for hanging. No mark. Poland began exporting similar indented ornaments in the 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.298065.0364
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0364
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: metal (hanger material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 3 in x 1 3/8 in; 3.175 cm x 7.62 cm x 3.4925 cm