Glass Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1900-1950
notes: label: Description
content: Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Half-sphere, with concave center. Exterior is ribbed, mirrored silver, interior is painted blue with white, glitter-covered mountains. Attached in the center is a plastic Santa figure, white plastic painted with a red coat, black boots, peach face, and carries a blue bag. He holds a pole in his right hand, pole is wrapped in green thread. Metal cap reads “MADE ITALY”, and has a bent wire loop inserted with a bent wire hook attached. In 1937, a tariff decision (no. 54387) reversed earlier decisions regarding the marking of ornaments with their country of origin, established in the 1890 MicKinley Tariff Act and the Smoot-Havley Tariff Act of 1930. The ornament itself now had to be marked with with its country of origin by stamping it into the cap or by way of tag or sticker.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy
label: place used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Christmas
label: Subject
content: Santa Claus
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.298065.0412
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0412
label: accession number
content: 298065
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ornament, christmas tree
label: Other Terms
content: Ornament, Indented; Decorations
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: sphere, indented (ornament shape)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hanger material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 1/8 in; 4.445 cm x 6.985 cm x 5.3975 cm