Purse Shaped Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1880-1910
notes: label: Description
content: Holiday or Christmas ornament in the shape of a purse. Molded glass cauldron shape, white frosted glass with opening at top, white wool inserted into top of opening, then wrapped in crinkle wire overall. White and pink cloth flower attached to front, inserted into pike. Tinsel wire wrapped around whole ornament at its sides, then is wrapped around white string to form the "strap". A remnant of a wire hook is attached at the top of strap. No mark.
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 association
content: Christmas
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Nancy M. and Robert R. Garvey, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0157.04
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0157.04
label: accession number
content: 1993.0157
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ornament, christmas tree
label: Other Terms
content: Ornament; Decoration
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton string (hanger material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton cloth (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 4 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 4.1275 cm x 11.1125 cm x 6.0325 cm