Glass Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1890-1930
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Half-sphere, with indent molded on one side. Exterior is smooth, opalescent silver, indent is faceted, painted pink and yellow. Metal cap on top has bent wire loop with remnant of bent wire attached. No mark. Poland began exporting similar indented ornaments in the mid-1930s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
label: place made
content: Poland
topic: label: Subject
content: Christmas
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.314637.2522
label: catalog number
content: 314637.2522
label: accession number
content: 314637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ornament, christmas tree
label: Other Terms
content: Ornament, Indented; Decorations
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pink (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: sphere, indented (ornament shape)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 2 in x 1 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 5.08 cm x 3.175 cm