Glass Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1890-1930
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ball with indent molded on one side. Exterior is smooth, interior of indent is faceted and star-shaped. Mirrored silver surface finish with yellow-gold stripe around center with a white line motif; center of indent is painted green. Metal cap on top with bent wire loop inserted and hook 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
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.298065.0414
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0414
label: accession number
content: 298065
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ornament, christmas tree
label: Other Terms
content: Ornament, Indented; Decorations
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: orange (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: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 2 5/8 in x 2 1/8 in; 4.445 cm x 6.6675 cm x 5.3975 cm