Dress

United States

1855

  • Titles Dress (Descriptive)
  • Medium silk, polished cotton
  • Dimensions Overall: 23 1/2 in. (59.7 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Mary Bunn Gay Brock, 1984.228a-b
  • Work Type dress
  • Classification Costume

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Two-piece black moiré silk dress embroidered with bright red flowers, comprised of bodice and skirt, the bodice with high, stiff, straight collar and loose inset blouse of plain black silk with nipped waist and back tie, with leg-of-mutton sleeves, the tulip bell skirt with ruffled hem, the back gathered at the waist and with a slight train.
Double face jug of light mustard-brown stoneware, the lower face with wide mouth, slightly open to reveal five teeth, the nose wide and flared, with two large, protruding ears and two green eyes with exaggerated eyelashes below two dark eyebrows, above this face a smaller face with similar features, but blue eyes, behind it the neck, with a loop handle on the backside.
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Cup or Mug, Miller Pottery, Alabama, Perry County, stoneware with Albany or Michigan slip and white feldspar glaze, blue pieces tinted with cobalt