Decorated Ball Christmas Ornament

Object Name: 
Decorated Ball Christmas Ornament

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Object Name: 
Decorated Ball Christmas Ornament
Place Made: 
Central Europe
Accession Number: 
2008.3.136
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 9.8 cm, W: 8.1 cm, D: 6.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1960-1969
Credit Line: 
Gift of Roland Henry Peterson and Mary Nelson Peterson
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; flameworked, molded, silvered and stained glass, flocking; metal collar. Decorated ball with an impressed decoration on two sides. The decoration consists of a circular pattern of green and yellow stars with a red star in the center. The outer portion of the ball is stained red with swirls of white flocking.

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Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Collection of Roland Henry Peterson and Mary Nelson Peterson, Source
2009-03-09