Glass Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943-1945
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ball, clear green (un-silvered) glass. Metal cap attached, with thin bent wire loop inserted in top and bent wire hook attached. No mark. Cap does not seem to be original to this ornament as it is slightly too small for opening. Cap possibly older, circa 1920s-30s, possibly made in United States or Germany. Ornament possibly American, as ornaments made in America during WWII were often un-silvered and often had paper caps and hangers due to war-time shortages. It is possibly this ornament originally had a cap and paper hanger.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place used
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.298065.0333
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0333
label: accession number
content: 298065
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ornament, christmas tree
label: Other Terms
content: Ornaments, String of; Decorations
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 1 5/8 in; 5.08 cm x 4.1275 cm