Lace

  • Titles Lace (Descriptive)
  • Medium darned net, cotton
  • Dimensions 21 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (54.6 x 11.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Coleman Cooper in memory of his mother, Olive Bryan Cooper, 1984.195.32
  • Work Type lace
  • Classification Needlework

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Pocket watch holder; on a decorative base, the stand consists of intertwined, scrolled elements and foliage with an eagle with outstretched wings, and a snake that winds up the stand and encircles the watch holder.
Large rectangular tablet of white jasper with "Dysart-green" jasper dip, with two floral swags supported by leopard heads and ribbons, with a trophy hanging in the center.
Chatelaine comprised of a hook from which extend three chains – the outer two are made of small faceted cut-steel beads and the center one of larger faceted cut-steel balls, from these hangs an oval two-sided, dark blue jasper medallion with white jasper bas relief of on one side Aurora – Aurora in a horse-drawn chariot – and on the other a seated woman with her head bowed under a tree before a column, in a simple cut-steel mount to which are attached two large tassels, below this a similar chain and a second two-sided medallion of dark blue jasper with white jasper bas relief of on one side a seated woman with a bow and on the other a classical female figure, in a like cut-steel mount, from this medallion are attached five chains, the two outer are comprised of small, faceted cut-steel beads and end in tassels, the two inner are made of a larger, faceted cut-steel ball and both end in hooks, from one hook hangs a polished basalt seal, or signet, of a classical couple with joined hands, the center chain is comprised of small faceted cut-steel beads and a hook from which hangs a large, ornate two-sided oval pendant of solid light blue jasper with white jasper bas relief of on one side a seated warrior and on the other an intaglio of a classical scene, on a cut-steel swivel mount.
Vase, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware