Veil

1875 - 1900

  • Titles Veil (Descriptive)
  • Medium lace, silk
  • Dimensions 35 × 38 in. (88.9 × 96.5 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Helen Benedict Byrd in honor of Martha Milner Benedict, 1986.1014
  • Work Type veil
  • Classification Costume

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Round dark blue jasper medallion with white relief scene of Cupid unmasked also known as Cupid as Oracle. In his role as God of Love Cupid is divining the future for the assembled maidens, set in brass frame with ring
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Bust in profile left in uniform with the Order of the Black Eagle. Subject is the brother of King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia.
Pair of tricolor jasper barber bottles, the main body of solid white jasper with lilac jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, the bottle on round foot with band of overlapping acanthus leaves, delicately shaded, the body with stiff leaf motifs that extend upward from the stem, with four large molded masks of Bacchus at the shoulder atop a band of laurel leaves and berries that extends around the entire shoulder, likewise delicately shaded, the masks above garlands of leafy grape vines with bunches of grapes, on each of four sides a small roundel of green jasper with individual classical scenes, including Zeus and Venus and Cupid, surrounded by a white border, the long narrow neck with floral garlands held by small ram's heads below a band of beading, the conforming covers with stiff leaf motifs and ball finials (the covers are not identical).