Very Fine, Unusual Antique Needle Lace Medallion of Native American Figure ceramic jar with pipe The giraffe has jointed legs

The giraffe has jointed legs as well as nails for horns and tail (painted with the same pattern detail as the rest of him)

The base measures 5 3/4" across

base and tail feathers

which I almost removed but decided to leave on as it is part of this board's pretty fantastic patina

finely done--rich red with flowers on all sides against a gold labyrinthine design

Very Fine, Unusual Antique Needle Lace Medallion of Native American Figure ceramic jar with pipe The giraffe has jointed legsAfter doing some research, I have a theory that this very fine handmade needle lace medallion was created by an Eduord Marie Verpooten (Edy Verporte), a native of Belgium who lived in Spokane Washington in the late 19th early 20th century. There is a figural medallion commemorating the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition of 1909 held in the collection of the Smithsonian that is very similar in manner, and the closest thing I can find this. It makes sense