Holiday or Christmas ornament, molded glass beads shaped into the silhouette of a house with a Greek cross in a circle in its center. Blue, green, red, silver, orange beads. Connected with thin metal wire and red string. Black thread tied into a loop at top for hanging. No marks.
Date Made: 1890-1940
Location: Currently not on view
Place Made: CzechoslovakiaJapanGermanyPlace Used: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Subject: Christmas
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Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Jones
Data Source: National Museum of American History
Id Number: DL.298065.0453Catalog Number: 298065.0453Accession Number: 298065
Object Name: ornament, christmas treeObject Type: ornaments
Physical Description: glass (overall material)metal wire (overall material)string (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1/4 in x 4 3/8 in x 5 9/16 in; .635 cm x 11.1125 cm x 14.12875 cm
Metadata Usage: CC0
Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-ff84-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Record Id: nmah_310251
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