Bodice

1850 - 1900

  • Titles Bodice (Descriptive)
  • Medium cotton
  • Dimensions 32 × 7 in. (81.3 × 17.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Eleanor Lee Brakefield, 1984.127.50
  • Work Type bodice
  • Classification Costume

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Tall vase of lilac jasper dip with white jasper relief decoration, resting on small square plinth, the round foot with a band of overlapping leaves, the lower body with stiff leaf motifs and the main body with relief scenes of on one side a winged putti riding a lion, which together with a second panther pulls a small chariot containing a large urn and basket with snake, on the other side a winged putti stands on the back of a horse, which together with a second horse pulls a small chariot in which rides a second putti, the shoulder with a band of overlapping laurel leaves, with two scrolled handles that rest on the shoulder and extend up to the lip of the vase, each has a snake entwined around it, the neck with acanthus leaf and medallion motifs, with a band of beading at the lip.
Large curved frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration featuring on the left three figures from the Dancing Hours series standing on a thin ground, on the right a large floral swag suspended from two ribbon bows.
Simple, small, silver, boat-shaped pap boat with extended, tapering lip
Rectangular green jasper plaque with white relief scene of Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides