Glass Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: before 1903
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ellipsoidal shape with indented front and back, faceted star shape, molded edges. Iridescent yellow-gold. No cap attached, thin bent metal loop inserted into top for hanging. No mark. Germany produced similar fancy molded shapes prior to 1940, and those molds were often then reused after 1940.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
label: place used
content: United States: Tennessee, Knoxville
topic: label: Subject
content: Christmas
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eloise R. Morris
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0993.10
label: accession number
content: 1981.0993
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0993.10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ornament, christmas tree
label: Object Type
content: ornaments
label: Other Terms
content: Ornament; Decorations
physicalDescription: 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: 3/4 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.905 cm x 4.7625 cm x 3.175 cm