Design for a Ewer with Handle in the Shape of a Lion
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1550–1600
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Shown in profile. The handle formed by a lion is at left; the lion stands on the face of a mask, which corresponds to another mask at the opposite side. The decoration consists of several bands and, at the bottom, of teams with lion heads which are connected by festoons and by ovoids containing alternatively a tree as in the Rovere coat of arms and a lion rampant.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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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: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-970
objectType: label: Type
content: tableware designs
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black chalk, pen, ink, and wash on paper.
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 17.7 x 11.3 cm (6 15/16 x 4 7/16 in.)