Christmas Ornament Made from a Glass Target Ball
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880 - 1890
label: patent date
content: 1877-04-10
name: label: maker
content: Bogardus
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass ball. Amber colored, with a cross-hatched pattern overall, and band running around ball through center which reads: “BOGARDUS’ GLASS BALL PATD APR 1877.” Original intended use was for practice-shooting, the opening (pike) of this ball has been wrapped in thin metal wire to be used as a Christmas tree decoration. Patent Office Record: Patent Record #US000189422; April 10, 1877; Adam H. Bogardus; for "spherical glass targets". It is unclear how long this model was in production, but Bogardus died in 1913.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Elkhart
label: place used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: shooting
label: Subject
content: Sports
label: Subject
content: Patented
label: Subject
content: Christmas
label: Subject
content: Holidays and Celebrations, general
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.298065.0280
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0280
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: yellow (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 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 8.5725 cm x 6.0325 cm