Design for an Urn in a Niche
date: label: Date
content: late 17th–18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A design for a large, lidded urn in a niche. The lid of the urn is decorated with putti and a dolphin, the body of the urn has a female figure, putti, and a dolphin, with mascarons on the sides and acanthus leaf ornament along the foot. The urn is on a plinth, decorated with a frieze with figures, and a bearded mascaron with a garland of flowers. Male and female figures playing musical instruments sit on either side of the urn on the large plinth. The urn and plinth are set in an arched niche, with shell motif in the arch.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1921-6-236-38
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper