Six chalices
date: label: Date
content: 1780–1790
name: label: Designer
content: Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: 2), 4), and 6) are in a bigger scale than the others. 1) The stem has a knob, with festoons supported by cherubim. 2) The upper part of the foot is like an angular pedestal. The stem is a baluster with a round convex foot and curned angular shaft. It supports the foot of the bowl, which is decorated with a calyx, festoons, and a band. 3) The twisted stem has a knob. 4) Upon the foot is a double row of leaves, out of which the folated stem rises. It has above a capital, upon which the foot of the bowl stands. 5) Roughly sketched. The lower part of the stem is a vase with scroll handles and a festoon. The upper end of the stem is surrounded by a row of cherubim. The bowl is decorated with festoons supported by bowknots. 6) A low foot. The lowest part of the stem is a calyx and a band with a representation. Above it stands a vase and a twisted baluster. The lower part of the bowl is decorated with cherubim above whom arches rise. Framed above by a molding. Usual background.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, 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: 1938-88-1946
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 20 x 28.2 cm (7 7/8 x 11 1/8 in.)