Design for a Salt Cellar in the Shape of a Sleigh
date: label: Date
content: 1675-1690
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The forward part of the body of the vessel represents a centaur abducting a maiden, and behind, the body is in the form of a boat, over whose side hangs a lambrequin. The single runner shown, encircled by leaves, terminates in the figure of a bearded man with bow and arrow aimed at the centaur.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1911-28-402
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and grey wash on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 15.4 × 20.9 cm (6 1/16 × 8 1/4 in.)