Ornamental Vase Design
date: label: Date
content: 1742-1750
name: label: Designer
content: François Boucher, French, 1703–1770
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vase with a sacrificial lamb (pascal lamb) at top, and the head and wings of putto at either side. At front, a plaque in the form of an escutcheon with a figural scene featuring a bishop and supplicant. In the background, a frieze carved in relief near bottom. Above, an open sky with sunlight radiating beyond the lamb's body between groups of clouds. The plate is signed and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-504-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on cream laid paper