Ornamental Vase or Fountain Design
date: label: Date
content: 1767-1771
name: label: Designer
content: A. Panier, French, active 18th century
label: Print Maker
content: Jean-François Janinet, French, 1752-1814
label: Publisher
content: Louis-Marin Bonnet, French, 1736 - 1793
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Lidded vase with a spigot near the base. The vase has a shell and coral finial, and a lid of stylized acanthus leaves. Below the shoulder of the vase is a lion face with a ring in its mouth, through which is strung a garland of leaves. The vase is elevated on a claw-footed tripod, and there is some indication of a ground of grasses below. The print is engraved in red ink (sanguine) crayon manner. The plate is titled.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: made in
content: Paris, France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-445-9
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Crayon-manner engraving with red ink on paper