Hair Piece

  • Titles Hair Piece (Descriptive)
  • Medium hair, comb
  • Dimensions Overall: 35 in. (88.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Helen Benedict Byrd in honor of Martha Milner Benedict, 1986.1139.3
  • Work Type hair piece
  • Classification Costume

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Jelly mold of creamware covered with a pearl glaze, shaped like a triangular prism on a flat base with truncated corners and a rim to contain a cover (missing) edged in brown, hand-painted on the long sides with two floral garlands suspended from a pink bow, the short sides with an orange paterae from which hang leafy vines with blue flowers.
A two-handled vase, Keith Murray shape 4225, in two-tone slipware. Celadon green slip on body with cream handles and foot. The handles are upturned and looped, and placed at the lower body near the foot. The body flares at the mouth and tapers toward the foot.
Allegory of Art and the Light Bringing Genius, Modeled by Georg Conrad Weitbrecht, Wasseralfingen, cast iron
Laureate head in profile right.