ornament
Object NameChristmas Ornament
Made FromNon-lead Glass
Dateabout 1880-1910
Place Madeprobably Germany
Accession Number63.3.63-48
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless, pink, blue non-lead glass; lampworked, assembled. Hollow, mold-blown form, silvered within; in the form of a flying bird with integral loop for hanging in the back; similar in form to (47); matte white on the bottom, black back and neck stripe, black eyes and beak; two purple fan-shaped wings formed of short length of glass fibers, cut in a scalloped form, attached to the body with paper tabs and decorative silver rosettes, and with additional silver rosettes on the wings; the tail purple, made of straight glass fibers.Provenance
Source
Rhena L. Heinz
- 1963
