Lace

Italy

  • Titles Lace (Descriptive)
  • Medium Binche lace
  • Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Rosalie Joseph Leventritt in memory of her mother Jennie Marx Joseph, 1955.9.19
  • Work Type lace
  • Classification Needlework

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Creamware teapot of globular shape with molded cabbage leaf spout and leaf molded handle, hand-painted on one side in an elaborate scrolling cartouche the portrait of a classical woman in profile left, on the reverse a classical vase and ribbons that terminate on the cover on which the same design is repeated, all in puce enamel.
Bone china "dragon lustre" vase of square shape with flared lip, the exterior glaze a runny, mottled luster blue with gilt borders in a lattice pattern at bottom, along each side edge, and at the outer lip, each side is decorated in gold with a stylized dragon, the interior a lighter turquoise color with, on two sides, a dragon motif, and on two sides a symbolic motif, inside the lip a border of gilt flower and leaf design.
Large, square earthenware tile partially printed and hand-painted with a circular reserve outlined by a white band within two yellow bands containing in white with blue highlights the portrait of an older, bearded man to left wearing a fur coat and ermine cap with ear muffs, the cap has a band of holly, the ground with a blue on blue design of holly sprigs, the larger ground of the tile contains in various shades of blue a pattern of decorative, horizontal bands with from the top a band of small x's and solid dots; the name of the season WIN TER; a fish scale pattern; a band of open dots; a band of scrolling motifs; and a band featuring a zigzag design, the reverse with horizontal bars in relief to aid adhesion when setting the tile.
Spade-shaped blue jasper plaque with white relief putto representing Summer