Name/Title
Red Glass Ellipsoid Christmas Ornament with Pendant, 1890sEntry/Object ID
2025.10.11Description
Acc. No. 25.10.11
Subject Category: Christmas, Seasonal
Date or Period: Victorian
Object: Christmas Tree Ornament
Description: An ellipsoidical ornament of metallic red-colored glass, with a tube at the top, a yellow cut-glass pendant at the bottom, held in a net with loop for hanging, of four strands of open-worked gold-colored ribbon, and strands of crinkled, thin, gold-colored wire. Four daisy-shaped decorations are placed equidistant on the widest part of the ellipsoid.
Size: 4.5 in x 2.5 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
