Wall fountain with cover and basin
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1760
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Main body of fountain is broadly v-shaped with c-curves and rocaille. At top, a seated figure sits on a shell and blows a conch shell. A putto holds the spout at bottom. The basin is in the form of a scalloped shell.
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: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-57-513-a/c
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Wall fountain with cover and basin
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Tin-glazed earthenware
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 39.9 × 15.4 × 19.8 cm (15 11/16 × 6 1/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 19.7 × 13 × 16.7 cm (7 3/4 × 5 1/8 × 6 9/16 in.)