Lace

  • Titles Lace (Descriptive)
  • Medium valenciennes lace
  • Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Rosalie Joseph Leventritt in memory of her mother Jennie Marx Joseph, 1955.9.26
  • Object Name lace
  • Classification Needlework

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Oval black basalt intaglio with standing male nude holding spear
Laureate bust in profile right.
Large, bulky vase of dark tan stoneware with short foot and neck, the main body completely covered with prism-shaped "prongs" that extend from the body creating a rough, uneven, prickly surface, this covered by a creamy, thick and opaque, light blue, bubbly glaze that runs down the body and over the prongs, the edges thereof and around the neck partially blackish in color, giving the impression of burnt lava, a bit of the glaze runs over the lip and into the interior leaving the edge of the neck glaze free, the foot likewise glaze free.
Oval dark blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of a Queen Charlotte (1744-1818) facing right. unmarked but three small firing holes to back. Probably taken from a medal in 1789.