Lace

Venice, Italy

  • Titles Lace (Descriptive)
  • Medium linen
  • Dimensions 6 1/2 x 9 in. (16.5 x 22.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Coleman Cooper in memory of his mother, Olive Bryan Cooper, 1984.195.20
  • Work Type lace
  • Classification Needlework

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Vase of reddish-brown stoneware, the chunky body resting on three square feet, the neck short, the lip slightly flared, with three rings extending from lip to shoulder, the body with molded decoration in relief with on one side the image of a man, or warrior, on his knees, his knife drawn and raised in his right hand, his left arm outstretched, on the other a pouncing lion in a landscape, perhaps referring to the story of Hercules and the Nemean lion, the vase is covered with a thick, opaque, turquoise glaze with darker blue streaks over a white glaze, the foot mostly white.
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Matrimony, Derby Porcelain Manufactory, William Duesbury & Co., soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamel colors
Bust front, head slightly left.