Pair of Stockings

1860 - 1880

  • Titles Pair of Stockings (Descriptive)
  • Medium silk
  • Dimensions Overall: each 22 1/2 x 8 x 5 in. (57.2 x 20.3 x 12.7 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Helen Benedict Byrd in honor of Martha Milner Benedict, 1986.1069.1-.2
  • Work Type stockings
  • Classification Costume

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Oil flask of black basalt in the Greek lekythos shape with bulbous body that tapers to a small round foot, loop handle attached to the narrow neck and bowl at the top with a small opening to the body and no pouring spout, on one side decorated in red enamel with the figure of a seated classical figure holding a dish in one hand and a lotus flower in the other, the neck, upper rim and handle edged in red, with a band of floral elements just below the lip and down the handle, the other side is left blank.
Round black basalt papal medallion with profile portrait of Clement XII facing right
Bust in profile left in fur-trimmed coat.
Small, round, footed bowl of tan stoneware set on an angle and covered with a rough creamy glaze with streaks of brown, the narrow central well flanked by large, delicate, billowing "flanges" with ruffled edges highlighted in gray that give the bowl the sense of fluttering movement.