Ornamental Vase Design
date: label: Date
content: 1738-1749
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: Design for a vase elevated on a pedestal. The foot of the vase is fluted. The vase has a wide body, and the handles are formed by two dolphins that connect the shoulder of the vase to the thick lip, the point at which the dolphins' mouths are attached. The shoulder of the vase has a band of vegetal ornament decoration; there is also a thin, raised band of ornamentation around the neck of the vase. 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
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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: 1921-6-479-5
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper