Glass Christmas Ornament
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Object Details
- Description
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Jones
- after 1937
- ID Number
- DL.298065.0075
- catalog number
- 298065.0075
- accession number
- 298065
- Object Name
- ornament, christmas tree
- Object Type
- ornaments
- Other Terms
- Ornament; Decorations
- Physical Description
- gold (overall color)
- glass (overall material)
- sphere (ornament shape)
- metal (hanger material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 5/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 4.1275 cm x 3.175 cm
- place made
- Japan
- place used
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Christmas
- Record ID
- nmah_310438
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-06fb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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