Swan Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1866-1960
notes: label: Description
content: Blown glass holiday or Christmas ornament in the shape of a bird (swan). Red over mirrored silver glass with white painted eye and stripes on either side of body for wings. White spun glass (angel hair) tail protrudes from end. Thin bent wire attaches at top of body to curled (annealed) piece of glass on top of back for hanging. No mark. These ornaments were in production prior to 1940, and then also produced after that time, making it difficult to date.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
label: place made
content: Czechoslovakia
label: place made
content: Asturia
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.298065.0175
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0175
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: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: spun glass, angel hair (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15/16 in x 5 in x 1 5/8 in; 2.38125 cm x 12.7 cm x 4.1275 cm