Glass Christmas Ornament

Description:

Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Half-sphere, with an indent molded on one side, silver. Indent interior is scalloped like flower petals, painted yellow and pink. Side opposite of indent has molded flower shape: four petals, with lined diamonds in between each petal. Sides have a vertical molded zigzag pattern. Cap and hook are missing, top is broken where cap would have been. No mark. Poland began exporting similar indented ornaments in the mid-1930s.

Date Made: 1890-1930

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: GermanyPolandPlace 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.298065.0244Catalog Number: 298065.0244Accession Number: 298065

Object Name: ornament, christmas treeOther Terms: Ornament, Indented; Decorations

Physical Description: pink (overall color)silver (overall color)glass (overall material)sphere, indented (ornament shape)Measurements: overall: 1 3/8 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 3.4925 cm x 4.7625 cm x 4.445 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-0a61-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_310602

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