Fichu

About 1860

  • Titles Fichu (Descriptive)
  • Medium cotton, lace
  • Dimensions 12 1/2 × 15 1/4 in. (31.8 × 38.7 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Helen Benedict Byrd in honor of Martha Milner Benedict, 1986.1127
  • Work Type fichu
  • Classification Costume

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Large, heavy round plaque of solid light blue jasperware with applied decoration in white jasperware, in high relief the classical scene of Marsyas seated on a large block draped in an animal skin, his arm around the young Olympe, who himself is draped in an animal skin cloak and holds a flute in each hand.
Heavy, bulky bowl, shaped like a donut, of raku-fired earthenware, decorated with black and white stripes, the lip folded inward.
Bust front.
Trophy plate of white jasper with black jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, with a central vignette of Bellerophon Watering Pegasus surrounded by scrolled ribbon and vine banding, the border with floral festoons terminating at ram's heads, trophies and small figural cameos with classical subjects, with a band of florets around the rim.