Lace

18th century

  • Titles Lace (Descriptive)
  • Medium Point de Gaz
  • Dimensions 35 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (90.2 × 3.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Rosalie Joseph Leventritt in memory of her mother Jennie Marx Joseph, 1955.9.35
  • Work Type lace
  • Classification Needlework

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Oval black basalt medallion with relief portrait of George III (1738-1820) facing left, George III was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Baptized George Frederick William, Son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, who died in 1751 and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. He was unable to read English until the age of eleven but when his accession took place in 1760 he at once made a favourable impression as an English-born prince. In July 1761, his forthcoming marriage to Princess Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz was announced and their coronation took plate later that year. His political influence did much to create the circumstances which culminated in the American War of Independence. In 1788 the first signs of a mental aberration from which he was later to suffer became apparent. In 1809 his health broke down irretrievably, so his eldest son (later George IV) became Prince Regent in 1810. George III did not recover his faculties and died in 1820 after surviving several assassination attempts.
Oval brass medallion with relief of Cupid playing a lyre
Jar with Cover, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Bowl and underdish with japan pattern in blue, red and gold. Inscribed on the bowl and underdish are oval seals or panels with Arabic or Persian writing. The short walls of the underdish have two sparse sprigs of flowers and leaves on the outside only, while the inside is inside having an elaborate design of a central circular composition of flowers, leaves and vines. The two oval inscribed seals are composed in the middle of two bands along the inside rim of the underdish. The bowl has elaborate decoration and inscription seals on the outside and inside.