Recto: A Fountain Group
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto: A woman with a cloth is sitting upon a dolphin; beside it are two mermaids and two small boys. The round basin is sketched. Verso: a pitcher with a cover, a handle in the shape of a maze; the spout is formed by upper part of an eagle. At left, in vertical direction, the tureen with two lion feet, two masks with rings as handles, and a fruit basket as finial.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1938-88-7637
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and sepia on paper; verso: graphite, pen and dark ink
label: Dimensions
content: 21.2 x 27.3 cm (8 3/8 x 10 3/4 in.)