Cumberbund

1900 - 1920

  • Titles Cumberbund (Descriptive)
  • Medium silk, metal
  • Dimensions Overall: 3 x 26 in. (7.6 x 66 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Helen Benedict Byrd in honor of Martha Milner Benedict, 1986.1136
  • Work Type cumberbund
  • Classification Costume

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Small Staffordshire salt-glazed culinary, or dessert, mold in the shape of a star.
Paperweight with Cupid, accompanied by a pair of lovebirds, sails through the clouds on a bow and quiver, on a rectangular base; traces of gliding, part of the sail is missing.
Large, bulky vase of dark tan stoneware with short foot and neck, the main body completely covered with prism-shaped "prongs" that extend from the body creating a rough, uneven, prickly surface, this covered by a creamy, thick and opaque, light blue, bubbly glaze that runs down the body and over the prongs, the edges thereof and around the neck partially blackish in color, giving the impression of burnt lava, a bit of the glaze runs over the lip and into the interior leaving the edge of the neck glaze free, the foot likewise glaze free.
A vessel in the form of a leafy goblet rests on a square base from which rises a column with foliate motifs, at the top sits an eagle with outstretched wings holding a ring in its beak from which hangs a shallow round bowl on three chains.