Design for a Tureen
date: label: Date
content: 1825-1835
name: label: Artist
content: Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The vessel rests on swans posed on columns. The handles are in the form of snakes, and the finial is composed of a recumbent lion. The base rests on cloven hoofs springing from acanthus leaves. A repeating leaf arabesque motif encircles the base.
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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1911-28-374
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and washes
label: Dimensions
content: 43.9 × 49.7 cm (17 5/16 × 19 9/16 in.)