Design for a Tureen
date: label: Date
content: 1825-1835
name: label: Designer
content: Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The circular vessel is supported by two caryatides and in the center by a man shoeing a winged horse. The base rests on seated sphinxes. The vessel is banded by motifs of gryphons, and the handle is in the form of three-faced Janus with a ring through its mouth.The finial is in the form of a kneeling putto giving a swan of drink from a cup.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1911-28-373
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Type
content: drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and washes
label: Dimensions
content: 55.3 × 53 cm (21 3/4 × 20 7/8 in.)