Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Half-sphere, with concave center. Exterior is ribbed, mirrored silver, interior is painted blue with white, glitter-covered mountains. Attached in the center is a plastic Santa figure, white plastic painted with a red coat, black boots, peach face, and carries a blue bag. He holds a pole in his right hand, pole is wrapped in green thread. Metal cap reads “MADE ITALY”, and has a bent wire loop inserted with a bent wire hook attached. 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.
Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Semi-sphere, with faceted indent molded on one side. Mirrored silver, body coated with white paper glitter/mica, with inside of indent painted red and green. Metal cap (iron or steel?) attached at top, with thin metal loop and bent crinkle wire attached. Ball is broken with large piece missing, remnants of which are inside ornament. No mark. Possibly made in Poland, as the country began exporting similar indented ornaments in the 1930s.
Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ball, mirrored silver with overcoat of matte cream-gold. Metal cap attached with thin bent metal loop inserted and crinkle wire attached for hanger. No mark.
Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Half-sphere, with smooth exterior and faceted indent molded on one side. Exterior is painted blue, interior of indent is mirrored silver and pink. Metal cap at top with thin bent metal loop inserted and bent wire remnant of hook. No mark. Poland began exporting similar indented ornaments in the mid-1930s.
Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ball, mirrored yellow-gold finish. Metal cap with thin bent wire holder and hook attached, cap is stamped: “MADE IN U.S.A.” 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.
Free-blown and molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Finial-shaped, with ball on top and longer, pointed bottom, floral-shaped indents on front and back of ball. Mirrored silver, painted orange-gold, with red stripe down longer bottom. Indents painted red. No cap attached, thin metal wire wrapped around opening at top, with thick wire hook attached. Hook is corroded. No mark. Poland began exporting similar indented ornaments in the 1930s.
Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ball, red over mirrored silver. Metal cap attached, with thin bent wire loop inserted into top opening and bent wire hook attached. Cap is stamped: “MADE IN/JAPAN”, almost illegible. 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.
Blown and molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ellipsoidal shape, with pointed top and bottom, and faceted indents in front and back. Mirrored silver, painted with matte red bands on each side, red indents. Cursive “L” motif in white above and below indents. No cap or hook attached. One of the indents is broken with a piece missing. No mark. Poland began exporting indented ornaments similar to this one in the 1930s.
Blown glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ellipsoidal shape with pointed top and bottom. Mirrored silver under yellow-gold overcoat. Metal cap with bent metal loop attached at top. No mark.
Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ball, red over mirrored silver, with silver metal cap attached, bent wire loop inserted in cap, bent wire hanger attached. Cap is stamped: “SHINY BRITE/MADE IN USA”.
Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ball, mirrored silver. Silver metal cap with bent wire loop and hook attached. Metal cap is stamped: “MADE IN U.S. OF A.” No other marks. 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.
Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament, geometric shape, faceted sides, with some facets horizontally ribbed, and some sides with diamond design. Thin bent wire hook attached. Opening on top and bottom would allow a hook to travel through the ornament body, and have multiple ornaments hooked one on top of the other in a chain. This style of hook and ornament was designed and produced by the SHINY BRITE Company after WWII, and was discontinued in 1960. No mark.
Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament, in the shape of a heart. Vertical ribbing along entire body. Mirrored silver finish. No cap or hook attached. No mark.
Free-blown glass holiday or Christmas ornament, long finial shape, swirled center, with small ball at bottom. Opalescent glass with alternating center sections painted red, and white line design painted on top and bottom. Metal cap with thin metal loop and bent wire hook attached. No mark.
Molded glass ball, thick plied blue cord inserted and knotted into opening on top for hanger, two metal bent wire hooks attached to cord. Likely manufactured to be used as a glass target ball for practice shooting, and then at some point the cord and hooks were added so that it could be used as a Christmas tree ornament, as with DL*298065.0280, a similar (marked) ornament. See also DL*298065.0419. No mark.