Ornamental Vase Design
date: label: Date
content: 1737
name: label: Designer
content: Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Chez Huquier
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cup shaped vase with three grotesque masks at the neck. A tube-like handle is threaded behind the masks and encircles the vase. The vase is decorated with a fish-scale and shell pattern. The foot of the vase has a twisted spiral decoration. The vase is elevated on a low, circular platform with upside-down shell motifs.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1921-6-479-21
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper