Lace

Hungary

19th or 20th century

  • Titles Lace (Descriptive)
  • Medium cotton; silk
  • Dimensions 64 × 16 1/2 in. (162.6 × 41.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Sister Edith Ann Price, from estate of Hedda Gonda, 1979.75
  • Work Type lace
  • Classification Needlework

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Creamware sweetmeat dish of a creamy yellowish color, shell-shaped with shell edge highlighted in magenta enamel, with shell scrolled handle likewise highlighted in magenta and a hand-painted magenta floral sprig in the well, resting on two stout conical feet.
Pair of tall, footed covered urns in black basalt resting on small square plinths decorated with a repeating geometric pattern on each side, the foot and stems as well as the body above the shoulder and neck are engine turned, the lower body with acanthus leaves that extend upward and the main body with swags of leafy grape vines and bunches of grapes, each has two handles comprised of satyr masks, whose long horns curve up and around and attach to the lip of the urn, with fluted covers with ball finials (not identical).
Cast-iron necklace fragment comprised of nine links of graduated sizes in the form of pierced grape leaves.
Attic Red-Figure Amphora, Attributed to Tyszkiewicz painter, terra-cotta, earthenware