Ornament, Christmas Tree

Art

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Broomfield History Collections

Name/Title

Ornament, Christmas Tree

Entry/Object ID

E2016.23.5

Description

Silver molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Semi-sphere with faceted indent on one side. Indent is pink with a flower design with a blue center and yellow petals. Band of blue with two painted white stripes around the middle of the ball. The top and bottom of the ball are covered in white mica/glitter. Metal cap attached with thin wire loop inserted into top. No mark. The ornament measures 2" (dia) x 6" (circ).

Collection

Education Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1930 - 1960

Notes

Date: 1945 circa

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Ornament, Christmas Tree

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Ornament, Holiday

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Decoration, Holiday

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Holiday Objects

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Christmas decorations

Search Terms

Christmas

Parts

Count

1

Provenance

Notes

11/12/2016-Purchased by museum volunteer Kim DeRosa at the Brass Armadillo Antique Market for Christmas tree exhibit.