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 made from female terms. At the base of the vase is a lion mascaron. Decorative leaves emerge from the mouth of the lion, and they sprout up toward the base of the handles, blending with the terms. The vase has a pattern of stylized palmettes around the neck. The lower vase is in the shape of an urn. The vase has 1 handle with an acanthus leaf pattern forming the top of the handle. A garland of flowers emerges from the top of the vase and is draped over and across. 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: 1921-6-458-4
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper