Vase en plomb bronzé de la piece de Neptune à Versailles
date: label: Date
content: 1744–56
name: label: Print Maker
content: Marie Michelle Blondel, French, active mid 18th century
label: Publisher
content: Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a vase from Neptune’s Fountain at Versailles. The body of the vase is decorated with a bearded mascaron with a shell motif above his head and two griffins on either side. There are frieze motifs with acanthus and gadroon ornament. The handles are in a scrolling form with snakes wrapped around them. The description is lettered on either side of the foot, with a scale below. The plate is signed.
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: 1921-6-475-3
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper