Lace

  • Titles Lace (Descriptive)
  • Medium cotton, silk, Buck lace
  • Dimensions 12 1/2 × 3/4 in. (31.8 × 1.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Biddle W. Worthington, Jr., in memory of Anita Eustis Worthington, 1987.210.21
  • Work Type lace
  • Classification Needlework

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Identified by Ames as "Blind Jack," born John Metcalfe of Knaresborough (1717-1810). He became blind at age six, but learned to play the violin, ride, swim, build houses and bridges, and is famous for the many roads constructed by him.
Oval tri-color jasper (dark blue, lilac, and white) cameo with white relief sacrificial scene with polished edges.
Bulb pot of solid white jasper with a deep blue jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, of Greek cantharos shape, the body of inverted bell shape with two elongated ear handles with loops in the middle and mounted on a square plinth, on each side of the plinth scrolling foliate motifs with a larger leafy element in the center, the lower body with a repeating drop leaf pattern and the upper body divided into sections each with a small classical scene, including Coriolanus; the Three Graces; Beleraphon watering Pegasus; Nike and Warrior; Procession; and the Archers, the interior is glazed and with a flat round insert cover with holes to accommodate flower stems.
Three-piece garniture of solid white jasper with applied green jasper relief decoration, composed of a larger covered urn-shaped vase, footed, with elongated ear-shaped handles that terminate in rams' heads, the body decorated with a green arabesque of scrolling vines and flowers, with inset cover with holes for flower stems and a candle holder that fits into the center of the cover, and two smaller side vases each with round foot decorated with green acanthus and lotus leaves and a Greek key motif, the upper body with a pattern of applied green flowers around below a slightly protruding shoulder decorated with acanthus leaves, the cover with holes for flower stems.