Woman with a Pearl Necklace would cover is very similar to that in his painting "Woman with a Water Jug". On that same side of the wall, Vermeer displays a framed mirror. The black frame is most likely made of ebony, which indicates wealth and status. The fact that Vermeer uses a mirror is also distinctive. Vermeer associated the sense of reflection to portray the woman with vanity or feminine power. Also due to Vermeer’s interest in certain Greek muses, he used the mirror to portray duality. However, according to the Essential Vermeer Website, other historians believe this mirror may indicate a Dutch theme of
The Brown Jug is on sale on news stands, hotel stands and railroad stations in Providence, New York and Boston."" The cover of the "Jug"s first issue showed a girl in party dress and hat emerging from a bandbox holding a small bear; it proclaimed this the “Coming Out Number,” and the masthead identified it as “Vintage of 1920 ... Jugful Number 1.” Since its founding, the "Brown Jug" has been dissolved and resurrected a number of times by various Brown students and organizations. Humorist S. J. Perelman was editor and cartoonist for the Jug in 1924 and 1925. It first ceased publication