Glass Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1880-1940
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament in the shape of an animal. Missing head, probably a cat. Opalescent glass, opaque white body with pink back. The word “Gregg” is written in ink on top back in cursive, possibly “Greggory”, but the ornament is broken. Metal cap attached with bent wire hook inserted in top, with curled hook on top back of animal. No mark. Ornaments using similar molds were produced prior to 1940.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: 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.298065.0201
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0201
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: pink (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 3 1/4 in x 2 1/8 in; 6.6675 cm x 8.255 cm x 5.3975 cm