Ornamental Vase Design
date: label: Date
content: 1737
name: label: Designer
content: Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Chez Huquier
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The vase is of a bottle shape with a lid. The lid of the vase is decorated with an acanthus leaf pattern. The neck and top half of the vase has a spiraling pattern on it. The two handles of the vase curve down and out before sharply angling back in the shape of acanthus leaves at the vase's belly. There is a grotesque mask at the center of the vase; the fish scale patten of the bottom half of the vase emerges from the mouth of the mask, with some shadowing indicating a drapery-like surface. The foot of the vase is fluted and scalloped. The vase is raised on a low, plain, square pedestal. The plate is lettered and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-479-17
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper