Design for a Tureen
date: label: Date
content: 1825-1835
name: label: Attributed to
content: Johann Nepomuk
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The vessel rests on three eagles on a circular base decorated with leaves. The vessel is banded and decorated with stylized leaf forms and the handles terminate in lyres with the head of Apollo. The finial is made up of a pair of female sphinxes seated back to back.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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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: 1911-28-372
objectType: 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 watercolor
label: Dimensions
content: 51.5 × 43.8 cm (20 1/4 × 17 1/4 in.)