Ornamental Vase Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1772
name: label: Designer
content: Théodore Bertren, active in France, 18th century
label: Publisher
content: Chez Daumont, active 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two vases, one above the other. The top vase has 2 handles and a lion mascaron at the neck. A garland of leaves emerges from the mouth of the lion and loops within two rings positioned underneath the shoulder of the vase. The vase is fluted and has handles, and a decorative acanthus leaf design at its base. The lower vase is in the shape of an urn and has a bouquet of flowers emerging from within. The vase has a spiraling fluted patten. There is a knob in the center of the vase over which is draped a garland. The vase is elevated on a low, weathered, socle. The plate is signed and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
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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: 1921-6-458-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper