Plate 44 from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Book of Grotesques)
date: label: Date
content: 1610
name: label: Print Maker
content: Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Ornamental vase of auricular, cartilage-like form and containing plants terminating in grotesque heads and intertwined by spider webs. The base of the vine is composed of four turtle-like insects.
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: Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1957-162-34
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 14.3 × 18.7 cm (5 5/8 × 7 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: 18.5 × 23 cm (7 5/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.)