Glass Christmas Ornament

Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Half-sphere, with concave center. Exterior is ribbed, mirrored silver, interior is painted blue with white, glitter-covered mountains. Attached in the center is a plastic Santa figure, white plastic painted with a red coat, black boots, peach face, and carries a blue bag. He holds a pole in his right hand, pole is wrapped in green thread. Metal cap reads “MADE ITALY”, and has a bent wire loop inserted with a bent wire hook attached. In 1937, a tariff decision (no. 54387) reversed earlier decisions regarding the marking of ornaments with their country of origin, established in the 1890 MicKinley Tariff Act and the Smoot-Havley Tariff Act of 1930. The ornament itself now had to be marked with with its country of origin by stamping it into the cap or by way of tag or sticker.

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