Ornamental Vase Design
date: label: Date
content: 1772-1777
name: label: Designer
content: St. G..., active 18th century
label: Print Maker
content: Biance, active 18th century
label: Publisher
content: Le Père et Avaulez, Paris, 1772–1777
label: Publisher
content: Charles Le Pere, French, active 1772 – 1777
label: Publisher
content: Pierre-Michel Avaulez, French, active 1772 – d. 1777
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two lidded vases side by side. The left vase is shorter, with a spherical finial. It is decorated with shells, and two snakes intertwine around the neck. The vase has a tapered foot, and is on a low, spherical socle. The vase on the right has an egg-shape finial, and a lid decorated with acanthus leaves. The vase tapers toward the bottom, and has a foot decorated with acanthus leaves. It is elevated on a low socle. The plate is 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: 1921-6-406-8
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper