4 Bell Christmas Ornaments

Object Name: 
4 Bell Christmas Ornaments

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Object Name: 
4 Bell Christmas Ornaments
Place Made: 
Accession Number: 
2008.3.116
Dimensions: 
Overall (a) H: 5.7 cm, Diam (max): 3.7 cm; Overall (b) H: 5.9 cm, Diam (max): 3.8 cm; Overall (c) H: 5.7 cm, Diam (max): 3.7 cm; Overall (d) H: 5.7 cm, Diam (max): 3.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1950-1959
Credit Line: 
Gift of Roland Henry Peterson and Mary Nelson Peterson
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; flameworked, silvered and stained glass; painted; flocking; metal collar. (a) Red bell with painted white decoration appearing almost like drips from the top with a ring of garland around the bottom of the bell; colorless clapper. (b) Red bell with painted white and silver decoration. A silver stripe above and below, outlined in white with a red mid-section that has a painted white wavy line; red clapper. (c) Black bell with silver and painted white and gold decoration. A silver stripe runs through the middle and the rest of the bell is decorated with a scatter of gold circles with white dots; blue clapper. (d) Black bell with painted white and silver decoration. A silver stripe above and below, outlined in white with a black mid-section that has a painted white wavy line; colorless clapper
Provenance: 
Collection of Roland Henry Peterson and Mary Nelson Peterson, Source
2009-03-09