Design for a Reliquary for a Thorn of the Crown
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. The receptacle of the reliquary is shaped like a column, which is carried by a cherub who stands upon a base, which is supported by knobs. The top of the shaft of the column is surrounded by a crown of thorns, beneath which four cherubim are shown. At left and at right of the shaft are cherubim and leaf scrolls, the lower of which are connected with the cherub below by festoons. On top of the columns are a kind of onion dome and a cross. A cherub is very slightly sketched as a support of the reliquary.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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: 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: 1938-88-680
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and blue, green, rose watercolor, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 24.4 × 16.6 cm (9 5/8 × 6 9/16 in.)