Design for a Vessel (Tableware)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1675
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The left half is shown, supported by a dolphin's head. The lowest part of the body is convex; it is decorated with leaves. The part next to it is concave and fluted. The main section is convex. It shows an acanthus rinceau beginning at a shell standing in the center. From a bearded and foliated mask rises a handle shaped like intertwined snakes. The upper part of the body is framed by moldings. Pricked.
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 and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-2564
objectType: label: Type
content: tableware designs
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black chalk, pen and ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 26.7 x 19.1 cm (10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)