Glass Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: after 1945
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Mirrored red ball, hand-decorated as a Santa Claus face: white and black paper eyes, silver ball for nose, with foam mustache and red paper mouth. Top of ball is covered in mica and black sand or glitter. Cap is opaque white plastic, and reads: “WEST GERMANY/ D.G.M.a”. Cap was definitely made in Germany, ornament possibly as well. One of three (see DL*298065.372 and DL*298065.374).
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
label: Subject
content: Santa Claus
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.298065.0373
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0373
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: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (hanger material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in; 6.35 cm x 6.985 cm x 6.0325 cm