Clown Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1880-1940
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament in the shape of a male clown. Opalescent ground, opaque silver face and collar, red lips, silver cap and yellow painted costume that reads “My Darling” in cursive on his belly. His cap has a metal loop inserted into the top opening with an attached metal wire hook. No mark. This ornament mold was used prior to 1940.
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.298065.0190
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0190
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: metal (hanger material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/16 in x 1 13/16 in x 5 in; 3.33375 cm x 4.60375 cm x 12.7 cm