Glass Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1890-1930
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Thick-walled, heavy, glass ball, translucent aqua blue “crackle” glass, with “U”-shaped bent flat metal holder, painted gold, inserted into opening. Possibly had another use before being used as a Christmas ornament. No mark. "A" in a circle is marked on top in blue crayon near hanger.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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.298065.0281
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0281
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: blue (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: 2 7/8 in x 2 5/8 in; 7.3025 cm x 6.6675 cm