Glass Christmas Ornament

Description:

Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ball, red over mirrored silver. Metal cap attached, with thin bent wire loop inserted into top opening. Cap is stamped: “MADE IN/JAPAN”. 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.

Date Made: after 1937

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: JapanPlace Used: United States: District of Columbia, Washington

Subject: Christmas

Subject:

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life

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Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Jones

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.298065.0347Catalog Number: 298065.0347Accession Number: 298065

Object Name: ornament, christmas treeObject Type: ornaments

Physical Description: metal (hanger material)glass (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1 3/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 3.4925 cm x 2.8575 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-f2ea-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1451535

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