Glass Christmas Ornament
Glass Christmas Ornament
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- Description
- Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ball, shimmering matte red ground with leaf motif painted around center in white, with parts covered with white mica or glitter. Metal cap with metal holder and bent wire hanger attached. Cap is stamped “MADE IN [Illegible]”. Possibly Germany or Poland based on cap and date. 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- ornament, christmas tree
- Object Type
- ornaments
- Other Terms
- Ornament; Decorations
- date made
- after 1937
- place made
- Germany
- Poland
- place used
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- Physical Description
- red (overall color)
- white (overall color)
- glass (overall material)
- sphere (ornament shape)
- metal (hanger material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 5/8 in x 2 1/4 in; 6.6675 cm x 5.715 cm
- ID Number
- DL.298065.0227
- catalog number
- 298065.0227
- accession number
- 298065
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Jones
- subject
- Christmas
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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