Name/Title
Glass Stylized Chinese Lantern Ornament, 1940sEntry/Object ID
2025.10.19Description
Acc. No. 25.10.19
Subject Category: Christmas, Seasonal
Date or Period: 1940s
Object: Christmas Tree Ornament
Description: A cilindrical ornament of metallic turquoise-blue glass, with two horizontal silver rings and silver top, simulating a chinese lantern. A hanging loop is inserted in a tube-like protrusion at the top, which is closed off with a cap. Possibly from the Shiny Brite company.
Size: 3 in x 1.5 in
History of Object: Ornament of unknown origin, possibly donated by the Smith-Frye, or Fischer families, or Fred Krueger. Ornament was presumably to be placed onto a Christmas tree during the Christmas season.
Donor: unknown
Donation Date: unknown
