Very Fine, Unusual Antique Needle Lace Medallion of Native American Figure ceramic horse and rider The nutcracker stands 8" tall

The nutcracker stands 8" tall

nothing fancy about this one

original to the piece

and is a good one either hung from one nail or just sitting on the shelf

Very Fine, Unusual Antique Needle Lace Medallion of Native American Figure ceramic horse and rider The nutcracker stands 8" tallAfter 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