Lace

Possibly France

17th century

  • Titles Lace (Descriptive)
  • Medium linen, needlepoint lace
  • Dimensions 78 × 6 in. (198.1 × 15.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Coleman Cooper in memory of his mother, Olive Bryan Cooper, 1984.195.3
  • Work Type lace
  • Classification Needlework

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Frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration featuring a tree on the left along with a bit of a tree branch at the left edge, and three Dancing Hours figures, all on thin ground.
Miniature covered container, or box, of white jasper with dark blue jasper relief, the box with tiny relief scenes including, a classical group, Hebe and the Eagle, a pair of standing classical figures, and classical figures with a horse, on the cover the scene of Cupid as Oracle with a rose border around the edge.
Creamware teapot of hexagonal shape with a cabbage-leaf molded spout and leaf scroll handle, the side panels are embossed with Chinese figures in various pursuits, the shoulder and cover with similar molded decoration, with acorn finial, the body glazed overall with brown, yellow, blue, green and beige metallic oxides under a clear lead glaze.