Design for a Watchcase Lid or Medallion
date: label: Date
content: 17th century
name: label: Print Maker
content: Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686
label: Designer
content: Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A small ornament print – a design for a medallion or lid of a circular watchcase – with a central profile portrait framed by a garland of laurel leaves and ribbon, supported by two winged putti below. The dense ornament features scrolling leaves, flowers, fruit, ribbons, and a dolphin.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
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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: 1921-6-529-12
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper