Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Iridescent silver/blue. Metal cap attached at top with thin bent wire loop and thin bent wire hook attached for hanging. Cap is stamped, but illegible. Possibly made in Japan due to similarity to several 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.
One of three identical molded glass holiday or Christmas ornaments. Small ball, mirrored silver, with thin silver metal cap and thin bent wire loop and hook attached. Cap is stamped: “MADE IN JAPAN”. No other marks. (see DL*298065.293 and .292) 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, beaded. Hexagonal box formed with long molded glass tubes, with smaller, silvered, molded glass beads. Inside of hexagon is thin glass circle with vertical line through center, comprised of multiple shapes and sizes of molded glass balls and beads. Two tails at bottom, with connecting, silver glass beads. Connected with thin metal wire and red cotton string. Metal hook at top. No mark.
Free-blown glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ellipsoidal-shape, with opening on either side, thin metal wire inserted through body for hanging. Clear and opaque white striped glass, painted shimmering green. No mark.
Blown glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Ellipsoidal shape, pointed at top and bottom. Mirrored silver painted with thick vertical stripes of white topped with mica/glitter. Gold metal cap with bent metal loop for hanging, with white string and bent wire hook attached. No mark.
Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament, in the shape of a butterfly, mirrored silver ground, with bright pink butterfly painted on front and back. Vertical ribbing throughout. Metal cap attached, with bent metal loop. No mark. Similar ornaments were produced using older molds, prior to 1940, and those molds were then reused after 1940, making an exact date difficult.
Free-blown glass holiday or Christmas ornament, onion shaped with pointed bottom and swirled and pointed top. Mirrored silver, body painted magenta with red stripes, top is left silver, with yellow-gold and magenta stripes. No cap. Thin bent wire loop inserted into top opening, with oblong magenta glass bead attached. Bent wire hook attached for hanging. No mark.
Blown glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Finial-shaped, with ball on top, long, pointed ellipsoidal bottom. Silver under red overall, with white stripes on ball, a swirled white stripe down longer bottom. Metal cap with bent metal loop inserted to top. Cap is heavily rusted. No mark.
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.
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.
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.