Lace

  • Titles Lace (Descriptive)
  • Medium cotton, needle lace
  • Dimensions 37 × 1 3/4 in. (94 × 4.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Biddle W. Worthington, Jr., in memory of Anita Eustis Worthington, 1987.210.15
  • Work Type lace
  • Classification Needlework

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The vase is heavy. The vase's form is rotund and its exterior resembles a sea urchin, with five vertical bands comprised of six columns that contain impressions of circles. The exterior is glazed and a dark khaki color with some tan at the bottom of the vase. There are some color inconsistencies in the pattern along the vase, with some tan or green areas. Along the bottom of the vase are indentations of circles of varying shapes, interspersed with no discernible pattern. Around the lip and bottom of the vase are thin, orange rings. The interior of the vase's lip and the bottom of its base are unglazed red stoneware. The vase's interior is lighter in color and greener than the exterior.
Pair of cast-iron earrings, pierced and with scrolling foliage; extended earwires, one bent.
Oval black basalt medallion with profile portrait of Virgil facing right
Large, heavy porcelain plaque painted in bright enamel colors with a view of the city of Berlin, Germany, as seen from Victoria Park and the 65-foot cast-iron Kreuzberg Monument, designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel and erected in 1821 to commemorate the Wars of Liberation fought against Napoleon 1813-1815. In the foreground left is the Monument set among designated footpaths occupied by small groups of people, in the middle ground are forested areas interspersed with small houses and buildings, as well as the road leading from Tempelhof to the Hallesches Tor, and in the background is the skyline of Berlin with from left Friedrichstadt with the towers of the Französischer Dom and the Deutscher Dom; the Schauspielhaus on the Gendarmenmarkt; the dome of the Hedwigskirche; the Sophienkirche; the Friedrichwerdersche Kirche; the Berliner Dom; the Stadtschloss; the Marienkirche; the new spire of the Petrikirche completed in 1853; and the tower of the Jerusalemer Kirche, with light blue sky streaked with lilac and fluffy clouds in shades of gray and white, the edge of the plaque with gilt border, the plaque set within a large gilt frame highlighted with stylized anthemion motifs around the edge.