Design for a Water Urn with Stand
date: label: Date
content: 1820–35
name: label: Designer
content: Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: On circular plinth with four feet (three visible), a sphere, top section of which serves as cover and topped by Cupid in a chariot drawn by a snail. Supported by curved poles with lion feet and lion heads with wings. Spout starts from a dolphin's head which has a human face and which tops two bodies upon which two girls sit. Underneath are three blacksmiths around an anvil which would have been intended as a receptacle for spirits.
place: label: made in
content: Augsburg, Germany
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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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1911-28-319
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and black, gray wash on wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 44.6 x 30.9 cm (17 9/16 x 12 3/16 in.)