Cassolette (perfume burner or essence vessel)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1785–90
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Part a, square marble plinth supporting gilt bronze tripod with lions feet and heads; snake twisted around center stem; marble bowl mounted in wide band; double chains hanging from ring held by lions' heads. Part b, dome-shaped marble lid with gilt bronze pine cone finial; interior fitted with gilt bronze nozzle for candle (can be inverted to act as candle holder).
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Anonymous Donor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1957-100-18-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Cassolette (perfume burner or essence vessel)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Marble, gilt bronze
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 22.5 x 11 x 11 cm (8 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.)