Two escutcheons, decorative vase and a scroll
date: label: Date
content: 1750–75
name: label: Artist
content: Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The upper escutcheon is in front of a trophy of colors and a helmet and above an entablature; there are four putti. The lower escutcheon has a mask on top; is in front of a cloth supported by two flying putti. At lower left is the vase; beside its foot are two kangaroos; the handles are formed by mermaids with tails entwined. The body of the vase is subdivided in compartments; the upper ones contain busts and an eagle; on top of the cover sits a bear below a scroll; bushes beside the foot. Lower right: a paper scroll between branches; with fantastical animals above and below. Accounting figures on verso.
place: label: made in
content: 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-2232
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 26.9 x 17.8 cm (10 9/16 in. x 7 in.)