Ornamental Vase Design
date: label: Date
content: 1767-1793
name: label: Designer
content: A. Panier, French, active 18th century
label: Print Maker
content: Jean-François Janinet, French, 1752-1814
label: Publisher
content: Louis-Marin Bonnet, French, 1736 - 1793
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vase in the shape of a pitcher with a looped handle formed from an elongated, stylized dolphin. The vase has a spiraling pattern on the neck and a band of acanthus and oak leaves at the shoulder. The belly of the vase has a plain band, on which one can just make out a horse and rider. Below this band is a deep relief of a helmet surrounded by shields and flags. The bottom of the vase has fluting with and a tapered foot. There is some indication of a ground with grasses. The print is engraved in red ink (sanguine) crayon manner. The plate is not signed or lettered.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: made in
content: Paris, France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-445-3
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Crayon-manner engraving with red ink on paper