Dress

About 1920

  • Titles Dress (Descriptive)
  • Medium silk, lace, ribbon, metal
  • Dimensions Overall: 39 x 14 in. (99.1 x 35.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Helen Benedict Byrd in honor of Martha Milner Benedict, 1986.1028
  • Work Type dress
  • Classification Costume

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Vase, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Solid light blue jasper urn with white terracotta stoneware plinth and applied white jasper relief decoration, the small square plinth with molded oval motifs, the round foot with molded acanthus leaf decoration, the lower body with stylized leaf motifs and the main body with a procession of winged cupids (Procession of Little Boys) holding laurel leaf garlands between them with birds at their feet against a stippled ground, a double band of molded beading and guilloche below the shoulder, the shoulder and neck with molded fluting and a band of white jasper beads, with two scrolled handles with oval medallions with sunflowers and beading as terminals, the cover is a facsimile.
Delicate cast-iron bracelet made of three large circular links with pierced motifs of acanthus leaves and a central rosette between three smaller links of pierced foliage with a central floral element; the clasp a large, pierced, and layered floral element.
White jasper portrait medallion with light blue jasper dip and white jasper relief decoration, oval with the portrait of William I, Prince of Orange, facing three-quarters front, wearing a fur cloak and ruffled collar, wearing a skull cap.