Lace

Northern Germany, Flanders

1675 - 1725

  • Titles Lace (Descriptive)
  • Medium linen
  • Dimensions 19 3/4 × 3 in. (50.2 × 7.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Eleanor Freed in memory of her mother, Esther Loveman Kempner, 1984.335.2
  • Work Type lace
  • Classification Needlework

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Frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration of six winged putti, each helping support a laurel leaf garland punctuated with seeded medallions, the left putti is draped with fabric, the center putti is carrying a quiver, and the right putti is carrying a trumpet, the series repeats for a total of six figures standing on a thin ground that extends the length of the panel.
Delicate simple bowl of white porcelain on small, narrow foot, the body decorated in a molded pattern of overlapping stylized leaf elements in varying sizes.
Simple, unadorned silver ladle with deep, round bowl and curved, tapered handle.
Lilac and white jasperware cover probably for a teapot with glazed inside.