Ewer and Basin
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1730
name: label: Maker
content: Gottlieb Menzel, German, 1676 – 1757
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Helmet-shaped ewer on domed foot, engraved with strapwork, and bearing lobed medallions in two sizes, the larger representing Asia and America, the smaller Geometry, Music, etc. Double-scrolled handle.
label: Description
content: The basin is marli alternately lobed and straight, with guilloche band, strapwork engraving, and four large relief medallions representing the Four Elements, and four smaller medallions of the Four Continents. Gadrooned well; raised center with relief medallion of Hercules crowned by Victory, framed in guilloche border and strapwork.
place: label: made in
content: Augsburg, Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1960-1-19-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: ewer, basin
label: Type
content: ewer, basin
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver, gold
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (ewer (a)): 27 × 24 × 11.6 cm (10 5/8 × 9 7/16 × 4 9/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (basin (b)): 6 × 52.6 cm (2 3/8 × 20 11/16 in.)