Clown Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1880-1940
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament in the shape of a male clown. Opalescent ground, opaque silver face and collar, red lips, and blue eyes, silver cap and green painted costume that reads “My Darling” in cursive on his belly. His cap has a metal loop at the top that would have attached a metal wire hook. No mark. This ornament mold was used prior to 1940.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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.298065.0189
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0189
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: green (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 5/16 in x 1 3/4 in x 4 in; 3.33375 cm x 4.445 cm x 10.16 cm