Scarf

1875 - 1900

  • Titles Scarf (Descriptive)
  • Medium silk
  • Dimensions Overall: 33 1/2 in. (85.1 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Helen Benedict Byrd in honor of Martha Milner Benedict, 1986.1011
  • Work Type scarf
  • Classification Costume

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Large, polished round plaque of black basalt, self-framed, the main scene molded in high relief depicting Polyphemus seated on a rock with a lyre reaching his right hand out to Cupid who rides a dolphin and in turn extends his right hand, which holds a letter, to Polyphemus.
Miniature condiment jug of dark blue jasper and white relief decoration with silver mounts and flat, hinged lid with an opening for a spoon and ball finial, the body of the jug conically shaped and with a loop handle, with two relief scenes including Nike and a Warrior with a statue of Athena, and Bellerophon watering Pegasus, in between the scenes is a large tree with smaller flowering bushes.
Oval blue jasper medallion with white relief scene of Charlotte at the tomb of Werther