Deign for a Covered Tureen
date: label: Date
content: 1825–35
name: label: Artist
content: Johann Alois Seethaler, 1796 – 1835
label: Attributions
content: Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The tureen is composed of two separate design schemes: the left side includes banding of calyxes and the handle terminates in a human head helmeted with a cornucopia. The base is edged in triangular-shaped scallops. On the right the design shows a vine arabesque meander and the handle is formed by an elephant's head, trunk upraised.
place: label: Place
content: Augsburg, Germany
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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1911-28-360
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and wash, graphite on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 40 x 56 cm (15 3/4 x 22 1/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)