Ball Decorated with Santa and Trees Christmas Ornament

Object Name: 
Ball Decorated with Santa and Trees Christmas Ornament

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Object Name: 
Ball Decorated with Santa and Trees Christmas Ornament
Place Made: 
Poland
Accession Number: 
2008.3.193
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 15.3 cm, Diam (max): 8.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1980-1989
Credit Line: 
Gift of Roland Henry Peterson and Mary Nelson Peterson
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; flameworked, silvered and stained, painted, glitter; metal collar. Large gold ball with pointed end decorated with a painted, repeating, pattern of a red-suited Santa carrying a gold sack near an evergreen tree for a total of 3 Santas and 3 trees.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Collection of Roland Henry Peterson and Mary Nelson Peterson, Source
2009-03-09
Inscription: 
POLAND
inscription
: 
Stamped/pressed On top of metal collar