Design for a Chalice
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
name: label: Designer
content: Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. Design for a gold chalice, at the base of which is an oval medallion between garlands. The stem of the goblet is foliated. Upon the knob is an oval medallion which, in its front, seems to represent the tradition of the keys of St. Peter. On the bowl, in front, square reliefs, representing the prayer of the Lord in Gethsemane. Verso: sketch of a monstrance.
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: 1938-88-599
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, brush and sepia wash, yellow watercolor on paper; verso: pen and ink
label: Dimensions
content: 34.4 × 16.8 cm (13 9/16 × 6 5/8 in.)