Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament, Kugel. Glass ball, matte bronze finish, with embossed metal cap, and circular holder with bent wire hook attached. Cap has folded paper underneath.
Plastic holiday or Christmas ornament. Red ball, molded in two pieces, top and bottom, seam visible around middle, does not open. Plastic cap attached on top with crudely bent metal wire for hanging. No mark.
Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ball, silvered, with possible overcoat of green, surface is heavily faded. Metal cap attached with bent wire loop inserted at top for hanging. No mark.
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 and bent wire hook attached at top. No mark.
Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ball, red over mirrored silver. No cap attached, bent wire hook is attached. No mark. Possible Japanese-made because of similarity to marked ornaments. 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.
Holiday or Christmas ornament, tinsel/garland, silver and red, with molded glass ball attached to one end. Ball is small, mirrored silver, with an opening at top and bottom to allow wire to pass through body, attached to tinsel with thin metal wire. Thin wire at opposite end for hanging. No mark.
Blown and molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ball with finial on the bottom, iridescent light green with thick darker green band around center of ball, thin white stripes around band. No cap or hook attached. No mark.
Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ball, red over mirrored silver. Metal cap attached, with thin bent wire loop inserted into top opening. Cap is stamped: “MADE IN/JAPAN”. 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 glass holiday or Christmas ornament, onion-shaped, with pointed top and bottom. Mirrored silver, possibly painted red, as traces of red remain. Metal cap with thin metal wire hoop inserted at top and bent metal wire hook attached. No mark.
Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament, stepped, cylindrical shape, open at top. Clear glass with red stripes at top and bottom, three white stripes in center, covered in mica/glitter. No cap, bent metal wire inserted for hanging. No mark. Similar fancy shapes were produced in America circa 1935-40.
Holiday or Christmas ornament, beaded, circular glass tube, pink, wrapped with olive glass beads threaded with thin metal wire. Clear (silvered, but faded) molded glass beads form a triangle inside of circle. Thin wire attached at top for hook. No mark.
Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ball, red over mirrored silver. Metal cap attached, with thin bent wire loop inserted into top opening. Cap is stamped: “MADE IN/JAPAN”. 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 glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ball, pink translucent glass painted with white dots and yellow shooting star. Metal cap with thin bent wire loop inserted. No mark.
Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ball, mirrored silver/pink finish, painted with long white horizontal leaf motif around center. No cap or hook attached. No mark.
Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Opaque white glass ball, yellowed surface. Painted with horizontal and vertical white strips, band of silver glitter/mica around center. Silver metal cap with thin round metal loop and bent wire hook attached. No mark.
Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Heavy glass ball, flattened bottom, with heavy metal cap solidly attached at top, round loop for hanging. Hoop and cap have been painted gold. Ball is mirrored gold with “crackle” finish. Possible stamp on bottom of ball, but highly illegible. No other marks.