Two chalices
date: label: Date
content: 1780–1790
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: At left, a variation of 1901-39-1165. 1) The pedestal is decorated with festoons supported by cherubim at the corners. The stem is slimmer, the bowl without the upper motif. At right: the pedestal is angular, with inverse cornucopiae at the edges. In the front is an oval medallion. Above upon the corners sit figures. The stem has the shape of a baluster with a band above the spot with the biggest diameter. Upon it sit two angels supporting an oval medallion. The are connected by a festoon. The lower part of the bowl is decorated with festoons, supported by cherubim. Usual background.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
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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: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-1940
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 20.2 x 13.5 cm (7 15/16 x 5 5/16 in.)