Design for a Decorative Ewer
date: label: Date
content: 1765
name: label: Artist
content: Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Handle of ewer consists of a swan rising from the lap of mermaid. Two putti support a shell which serves as spout. A girl, a child, and rope-like festoons decorate the upper register of the ewer. Fluted lower portion on an acanthus leaf base; verso: design for coffee pot.
place: label: made in
content: France
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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: 1911-28-384
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Type
content: drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and wash, graphite on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 25.5 x 15.2 cm (10 1/16 in. x 6 in.)