Elevation of a Fountain
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1790
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Below is a plinth. An obelisk rises from pedestal consisting of several parts. It is flanked by two crowned griffins shown in profile. Water pours into lateral basins. First, their moldings continued at the pedestal but were erased afterwards. On top is a sphere with a point.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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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: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-381
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 26.6 x 20.8 cm (10 1/2 x 8 3/16 in.)