Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Mirrored silver glass conical form, rounded on top and pointed towards bottom. Painted with red and green stripes around top. Metal cap with bent metal holder and thin bent wire attached. Cap is stamped with country of origin but 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.
One of three identical molded glass holiday or Christmas ornaments. Ball, clear glass under yellow-gold shimmering color. Smooth metal cap with thin wire loop inserted in top, no hook attached. Top of cap is stamped with the word “JAPAN” and another illegible word (likely "MADE IN"). No other marks. (see 298065.275 and .277) 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.
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, 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 "Mrs. Claus", with bulb-shaped bottom. Face painted a flesh color, with black eyes and red mouth. Right hand holds a purse. Top half overall gray-silver with bottom half painted red. Metal cap with bent metal hook attaches to a curled metal wire that protrudes from Mrs. Claus’s head/hat. No mark.
One of three identical molded glass holiday or Christmas ornaments. Ball, clear glass under yellow-gold shimmering color. Smooth metal cap with thin wire loop, no hook attached. Top of cap is stamped with an illegible word, likely the country of origin, possibly Japan based on identical ornament. No other marks. (see 298065.272 and .277) 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. Onion-shaped, small point at bottom, with indents in all four sides. Silver with opaque gold finish, interiors of indents molded and painted pink, yellow, blue, and green. No cap at top, bent wire hook attached. Possibly paper maché is attached at the opening at the top. No mark. Poland began exporting similar indented ornaments in the mid-1930s.