Cape

1850 - 1870

  • Titles Cape (Descriptive)
  • Medium velvet, silk, cotton
  • Dimensions 40 × 60 in. (101.6 × 152.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Helen Benedict Byrd in honor of Martha Milner Benedict, 1986.1023
  • Work Type cape
  • Classification Costume

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Small vase of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief of urn shape on a square plinth decorated with white anthemion motifs all around, the round foot engine-turned and with a band of white beading, the lower body with white stiff leaf motifs and the upper body with figures from the "Domestic Employment" series, including women and children at play with a dog and birds in a landscape with trees, around the shoulder a band of white jasper overlapping laurel leaves and berries, the two twisted handles terminate in lion masks, the neck is engine-turned and has a band of white beading below the lip, the cover is a wood replacement.
Miniature vase of matte black basalt in the shape of the the two-handled amphora-shaped Portland Vase, but without the relief decoration and with a variation in the handle form.
Oval black jasper plaque with white relief female figure at an altar meant to be a sacrificial scene, by Bert Bentley
Bust almost front in uniform with sash and medals.