Evening Bag

1950s-1960s

  • Titles Evening Bag (Descriptive)
  • Medium beads
  • Credit Line Bequest of Sybil Noble Murray, 2000.194
  • Object Name evening bag
  • Classification Costume

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Solid light blue jasper bulb pot with applied white jasper relief decoration with solid light blue jasper perforated cover with darker blue jasper dip, the goblet-shaped body on round foot decorated with acanthus leaves and beading at the joint, the main body with acanthus leaves and bellflowers, with a band of guilloche around the neck, the slightly concave cover with a band of molded bound reeds with white ribbon around the edge and nine holes of varying sizes to accommodate bulbs or flowers.
View of the Berlin-Stettin train station in Berlin. On polished steel plate with fine silver frame in original red leather and gilt etui.
Oval basalt self framed medallion with profile portrait of the famed mathmetician and scientist Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) facing right.
Pair of tricolor jasper barber bottles, the main body of solid white jasper with lilac jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, the bottle on round foot with band of overlapping acanthus leaves, delicately shaded, the body with stiff leaf motifs that extend upward from the stem, with four large molded masks of Bacchus at the shoulder atop a band of laurel leaves and berries that extends around the entire shoulder, likewise delicately shaded, the masks above garlands of leafy grape vines with bunches of grapes, on each of four sides a small roundel of green jasper with individual classical scenes, including Zeus and Venus and Cupid, surrounded by a white border, the long narrow neck with floral garlands held by small ram's heads below a band of beading, the conforming covers with stiff leaf motifs and ball finials (the covers are not identical).