Pair of Stockings

1875 - 1900

  • Titles Pair of Stockings (Descriptive)
  • Medium silk
  • Credit Line Gift of Helen Benedict Byrd in honor of Martha Milner Benedict, 1986.1070.1-.2
  • Object Name stockings
  • Classification Costume

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Oval dark blue jasper medallion with white relief of Venus and Cupid, set in gold and encircled in seed pearls as a pendant, with gold chain
Salad spoon with handle of dark blue jasper with white relief decoration in a pattern of acanthus leaves and small floral motifs, a small floral motif at the tip, the stem and bowl of silver plate.
Lamp base of Majolica in the form of a brown monkey seated on a round base covered with molded leaves and twigs in shades of red, holding a large nut on his head supported by both arms, the original oil burner, chimney and shade of the lamp are now missing.
Simple silver goblet on splayed stem and flat, round foot, the edge of the foot with a band of beading and the upper edge with bright-cut engraving in a pattern of dots and swags, the main body engraved likewise at the upper edge with a larger border of dots and swags, on one side engraved with the initials CM to TS and on the other a crest comprised of a cubit arm holding a dagger (unidentified), the interior covered with a gold wash.