Glass Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1930-1940
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament, block-shaped, four-sided, with faceted top and pointed, ribbed bottom. Middle is mirrored silver, with molded convex five-pointed stars and yellow corners. Top and bottom are painted red. Metal cap with bent metal loop inserted in top with bent wire hook attached for hanging. Cap is stamped on top: “MADE IN USA”. Similar "fancy" shapes were produced in America circa 1935-40.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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.298065.0180
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0180
label: accession number
content: 298065
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ornament, christmas tree
label: Other Terms
content: Ornament, Embossed; Decorations
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 3 1/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 3.81 cm x 7.9375 cm x 3.81 cm