Ornamental Vase Design
date: label: Date
content: 1760
name: label: Designer
content: Joseph Marie Vien, French, 1716–1809
label: Engraver
content: Marie Thérèse Reboul-Vien, French, 1735–1805
label: Publisher
content: Joseph Marie Vien, French, 1716–1809
label: Publisher
content: Marie Thérèse Reboul-Vien, French, 1735–1805
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vase in the form of a pitcher. The spout of the vase is formed from an open-mouthed bird with wings stretched back. The bird has a garland looped around its neck, held by a triton who sits astride its wings. The vase has a body decorated with vertical gadrooning, and a tapered foot. The vase is elevated on a platform that extends to the edge of the image. The plate is signed and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-477-6
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper