Design for a Pedestal and a Bowl, Intended for Execution in White and Rose Marbles for Marie Antoinette at St. Cloud
date: label: Date
content: 1780–1785
name: label: Patron
content: Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, French, 1755 - 1793
label: Artist
content: Unknown
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The pedestal stands upon a base. It is supported at the corners by obliquely disposed griffins. A relief at its front shows two girls pouring water from a jar into an urn. Dolphin masks support festoons above. The bowl has a foot. One side of it is pointed, a mermaid is shown at the opposite one holding snakes.
place: label: made in
content: 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: Gift of Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1896-14-1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and Chinese ink, brush and grey and rose watercolor, black ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 41.1 × 29.8 cm (16 3/16 × 11 3/4 in.)