Design for Brooch with Volutes and Eagle
date: label: Date
content: 16th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Jewelry design for a brooch. An escutcheon in architectural form. In the center, above the entablature, is an eagle above a cloth. Below is an octagonal diamond. Hanging from the upwards disposed lateral volutes are round diamonds; a similar larger one hanging from a chalice in the center below.
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 and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-780
objectType: label: Type
content: jewelry
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 12.3 × 8.8 cm (4 13/16 × 3 7/16 in.)