Ornamental Vase or Fountain Design
date: label: Date
content: 1767-1793
name: label: Designer
content: A. Panier, French, active 18th century
label: Print Maker
content: Jean-François Janinet, French, 1752-1814
label: Publisher
content: Louis-Marin Bonnet, French, 1736 - 1793
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Lidded vase with a spigot coming out of the mouth of a mascaron at the base of the vase. The finial of the vase is a draped snake, whose tail merges with a ring on the shoulder of the vase. A garland of fruit and leaves is draped across the vase. On the belly is an open space on which is lightly printed a mythological scene of a woman reclining on a vase. There is a band of acanthus leaf ornamentation at the base of the vase. The vase has a fluted foot and is elevated on a quadruped base. The print is engraved in red ink (sanguine) crayon manner. The plate is not lettered or numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: made in
content: Paris, France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-445-11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Crayon-manner engraving with red ink on paper