Glass Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1945-1960
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament, geometric shape, faceted sides, with some facets horizontally ribbed, and some sides with diamond design. Thin bent wire hook attached. Opening on top and bottom would allow a hook to travel through the ornament body, and have multiple ornaments hooked one on top of the other in a chain. This style of hook and ornament was designed and produced by the SHINY BRITE Company after WWII, and was discontinued in 1960. No mark.
label: Description
content: Maker is possibly SHINY BRITE Company.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey
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.298065.0181
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0181
label: accession number
content: 298065
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ornament, christmas tree
label: Other Terms
content: Ornament, Embossed; Decorations
physicalDescription: 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: 2 1/4 in x 1 in; 5.715 cm x 2.54 cm