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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Vase of black basalt on thick, square plinth decorated with bands of palmettes, with round foot with band of overlapping acanthus leaves, the otherwise plain, urn-shaped body with exaggerated leafy garlands with clusters of berries where they meet, in the center on one side a molded medallion with the Three Graces, with two pistol handles that terminate in leafy spreads, the neck and shoulder fluted and with a band of beading around the lip, the cover a facsimile.
Small round medallion of white jasper with dark blue dip and white jasper bas relief decoration of a crab representing "Cancer" from the "Signs of the Zodiac" series, mounted as a brooch in a simple silver setting.
Oval medallion of white jasper with green jasper dip and white relief decoration of a figure modified from the Dancing Hours series, also known as "Floral Girl" holding a grape leaf vine with bunches of grapes.
Small two-handled broth bowl on matching saucer, both of caneware, the outer body of the bowl decorated in the "Nerots" pattern with a band of stylized green flowers and blue berries with six bright red birds resting on it and with three small line-drawn butterflies scattered about, the inner rim with a scalloped edge in blue underglaze enamel with a modified fish scale pattern likewise in blue at the indentations, the two loop handles highlighted in blue underglaze enamel, the round saucer also with a scalloped edge in blue underglaze enamel with a modified fish scale pattern likewise in blue at the indentations.