Very Fine, Unusual Antique Needle Lace Medallion of Native American Figure ceramic horse and rider 9 1/2" l (or tall)

9 1/2" l (or tall) x 1 1/4" w x 1" d

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

who I am guessing was this sailor's maker

original to the piece

nothing fancy about this one

Very Fine, Unusual Antique Needle Lace Medallion of Native American Figure ceramic horse and rider 9 1/2" l (or tall)After 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