Cylindrical, Chinese export porcelain vase with handpainted decoration. There are two sections with detailed images of vignettes of people. May illustrate a story. separated by two brightly colored bands with foliate and curvilinear motifs. Upper and lower borders include similar designs.
Provenance
Vase owned by Harriet Lane Johnston, then descent within family to donor.
White linen rectangular bureau scarf with red cotton embroidery. Design of large 5-petaled flower surrounded by 3 additional stems of leaves and flowers repeated four times. Stems toward center. Entire 4-part floral design in center of piece. Small flowers and foliage embroidered in each of four corners. Spray of flowers embroidered in center on both ends. Red thread border of 1/8-inch high stitches around entire scarf.
Lengthwise edges have 1/4-inch folded hem, machine-stitiched in white thread. Width edges are selvedge. (Stem stitch, straight stitch; border in herringbone stitch.)
Trinket box. Plain paper- and fabric-covered wood box. Shallow, rectangular box with top, paper-hinged lid that fits down over box lip on three sides. Back is crest-shaped with blue border and watercolor picture of basket of foliage and birds. Rest of ou
