Striated Glass Ornament, 1910s

Name/Title

Striated Glass Ornament, 1910s

Entry/Object ID

2025.31.21

Description

Acc. No. 25.31.21 Subject Category: Christmas, Seasonal Date or Period: 1910s Object: Christmas Ornament Description: A mercury glass ornament with a long stem, coming to a broadened section with striations narrowing again to a point. Top section of the stem is transparent glass and ends in a thickened section around which a string is attached. Possibly simulating a brush? Or a spindle? Size: 7.3 in x 1.9 in History of Object: Object acquired from an unknown donor, but part of a collection of ornaments, used in seasonal decoration of a tree. Donor: unknown Donation Date: unknown, pre 2019 Catalog Date: 2/9/2025