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ORNAMENT, CHRISTMAS

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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
SANTA LIGHT BULB COVER
Date Range From
1953
Date Range To
1958
Materials
PLASTIC, METAL, PRESSED PAPER
Catalogue Number
P20090030002
More detail
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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
SANTA LIGHT BULB COVER
Date Range From
1953
Date Range To
1958
Materials
PLASTIC, METAL, PRESSED PAPER
No. Pieces
2
Height
7.3
Length
4.0
Width
4.9
Description
2 PIECES - METAL RING FITS INTO BASE OF SANTA FIGURE. 1. SANTA, PLASTIC, CREAM COLORED PLASTIC, SANTA’S SUIT IS PAINTED ON IN RED, AS IS HIS MOUTH, HIS FACE AND THE TRIMMINGS OF HIS SUIT ARE CREAM COLORED. PLASTIC HAS BEEN SCORCHED, SCORCHED RED AREAS ARE CHALKY, WHILE SCORCHED CREAM AREAS ARE BROWN, HOLE BURNED IN BACK OF FIGURINE BELOW WHITE TRIM ON COAT. RED PAINT IS COMING OFF ON BELT, HAT, AND BUTTON. 7.3 CM HIGH BY 4.0 CM LONG BY 4.9 CM WIDE. 2. METAL RING, BLACK, EIGHT PRONGS ON OUTER EDGE OF RING, FOUR SMALLER TABS ON INNER EDGE OF RING, MISSING PRESSED PAPER RING. 2.9 CM IN DIAMETER.
Subjects
CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT
Historical Association
DOMESTIC
History
ACCORDING TO THE DONOR WENDY AITKENS, [THE LIGHT BULB COVER] DECORATED OUR CHRISTMAS TREE. WE BOUGHT OUR TREES AT A LOCAL TREE LOT. AS THE THREE CHILDREN WAITED IMPATIENTLY, DAD INSTALLED THE TREE IN THE METAL STAND AND THEN METICULOUSLY CHECKED ALL THE LIGHT STRINGS BEFORE STRINGING THEM ON THE TREE. IT WAS ONLY AFTER HE WAS SATISFIED WITH THE WAY THE LIGHTS LOOKED AND WORKED WERE THE REST OF US ALLOWED TO START HANGING ORNAMENTS, ICICLES AND THE TREE TOPPER. THE LIGHTS WITH SANTA AND FROSTY AND AN ANGEL WERE SPECIAL AND WE SOMETIMES WERE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE THE LIGHT OVER WHICH THEY WOULD SIT. I ALWAYS LOVED THE EFFECT THE HALO REFLECTORS MADE OVER THE LIGHT BULBS. THEY CREATED A COLOURFUL HALO OR CIRCLE OVER THE TOP OF THE BULB." SEE PERMANENT FILE SEE P20090030001 FOR MORE INFORMATION ON FAMILY HISTORY.
Catalogue Number
P20090030002
Acquisition Date
2009-09
Collection
Museum
Images
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