A Pitcher
date: label: Date
content: 1650–1700
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Shown side view, the spout is at right. Shaft and bottom part of the body are shaped as a shell-like leaf. The upper part of the body is fluted and shows nude figures growing from volutes. The figure in the center holds in either hand together with his neighbors’ bowls from which these drink. A festoon connects the lateral volutes. The handle consists of a cornucopia, a stem and vine and a girl picking up grapes.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1938-88-2962
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and bistre wash on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 28.5 x 19 cm (11 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.)