Design for a Silver Platter
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1750
name: label: Designer
content: Caspar-Gottlieb Eisler, German, active 1707–1755
label: Publisher
content: Martin Engelbrecht, German, 1684–1756
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for rocaille silver, serving dish. Asymmetric in form with two, twisting handles. Ornamented with root vegetables set in looping, lettuce and shell-like border. The plate is signed and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: Nuremberg, 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: 1921-6-300-3
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Open: 12.3 x 38 x 50.7 cm (4 13/16 x 14 15/16 x 19 15/16 in.)