Glass Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: after 1937
notes: label: Description
content: One of three identical molded glass holiday or Christmas ornaments. Ball, clear glass under yellow-gold shimmering color. Smooth metal cap with thin wire loop inserted in top, no hook attached. Top of cap is stamped with the word “JAPAN” and another illegible word (likely "MADE IN"). No other marks. (see 298065.275 and .277) In 1937, a tariff decision (no. 54387) reversed earlier decisions regarding the marking of ornaments with their country of origin, established in the 1890 MicKinley Tariff Act and the Smoot-Havley Tariff Act of 1930. The ornament itself now had to be marked with with its country of origin by stamping it into the cap or by way of tag or sticker.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
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.298065.0072
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0072
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: gold (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: sphere (ornament shape)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 3.175 cm