Glass Christmas Ornament
Glass Christmas Ornament
- Description
- Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ball, mirrored silver ground, top half painted red, with thin yellow stripe around center, and green, yellow, and blue polka dots overall. No cap or hook attached. No mark.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- ornament, christmas tree
- Object Type
- ornaments
- Other Terms
- Ornament; Decorations
- date made
- 1920-1960
- place used
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- place made
- Germany
- United States
- Physical Description
- red (overall color)
- silver (overall color)
- glass (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- sphere (ornament shape)
- metal (hanger material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 3.175 cm x 2.8575 cm
- ID Number
- 2014.0004.024
- catalog number
- 2014.0004.024
- accession number
- 2014.0004
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Jones
- subject
- Christmas
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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