Glass Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1890-1930
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ball, mirrored silver finish with circular concave indent in middle-front, bottom either had a second opening or a finial of some sort, now broken off and missing. Concave center is painted yellow-gold, with floral-dot pattern painted around it. White and yellow petals with yellow and orange dot pattern. Opposite side has remnants of painted yellow and orange fleur-di-lis pattern. No cap, bent wire hook directly placed inside top of ball. No mark.
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.298065.0408
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0408
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: silver (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: sphere (ornament shape)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow-orange (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 1 7/8 in; 5.08 cm x 4.7625 cm