Songbird Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1880-1960
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament, silvered ground, painted. In the shape of a songbird. Silver body with black beak, eyes, and tail, red-tipped molded wings. Legs are metal coils that attach to a metal clip. White spun glass (angel hair) tail. No marks.These molds were used prior to 1940, and then reused later, making dating this ornament difficult.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
label: place made
content: Asturia
label: place made
content: Czechoslovakia
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.298065.0176
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0176
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: silver (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 5 1/4 in x 2 1/16 in; 2.54 cm x 13.335 cm x 5.23875 cm