Pair of Stockings

1875 - 1900

  • Titles Pair of Stockings (Descriptive)
  • Medium silk
  • Dimensions Overall: each 18 x 8 x 4 in. (45.7 x 20.3 x 10.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Helen Benedict Byrd in honor of Martha Milner Benedict, 1986.1070.1-.2
  • Work Type stockings
  • Classification Costume

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Ornate lithophane holder of rectangular shape the frame highly decorated with intertwining, scrolling grape vines with leaves and bunches of grapes, at the bottom two vines scroll down and around to form legs upon which rests the holder, with a third leg in the back for support.
Obverse: Head in profile left. Reverse: In the center a lyre with laurel branches.
Small creamware two-handled cup covered with a pearl glaze on round foot decorated with a deep cobalt blue band, with two loop handles, split at the top and highlighted in cobalt blue, the body decorated with cobalt blue medallions on either side with festoons below and margents under the handles, the lip likewise edged in blue.
Octagonal dragon lustre bowl with vibrant orange exterior and pale turquoise and ocher interior. The upper and lower rim of the bowl is decorated with a golden, pierced band pattern and a sold golden trim on the upper rim. Two outstretched four-legged, four-clawed golden dragons with scales and curled tail stretching across three fields of the octagonal bowl, each. The dragons have a fierce look with bulging eyes, two horns, a mane and spikes along their backs. There are two simple, golden, swirl patterns on opposite sides of the bowl, dividing the dragons. The same golden, pierced band pattern, two dragons and swirl motifs are decorating the inside of the bowl. The bottom is highly decorated with golden geometric and floral patterns.