Design for a Salt or Pepper Cellar
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
name: label: Designer
content: Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. Design for a salt or pepper cellar. At right is the elevation: below is a base decorated with a wave ornament, with part of a sphere in the center. Four curved legs stand upon it. Above, the legs lead to masks, supporting vine festoons.They are connected by a moulding with a fret band. Above are slopes as handles. Upon the sphere stands a tureen. Its elevation is drawn at left. The lower part of its body is covered by a row of leaves. On top is a figure.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, 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 and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-655
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: Pen and ink, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 22.1 × 34.9 cm (8 11/16 × 13 3/4 in.)