The Elevation of a Silver or Silver Gilt Tureen
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1750
name: label: Attributed to
content: Vincenzo Belli, Italian, 1710 - 1787
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The left half suggests a much richer decoration--with rocaille and floral motifs--than the right one. The handle at left is composed of scrolls and a sea harp, the right one of scrolls and a shell. Two putti hold an escutcheon on top of the cover.
place: label: designed 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: 1938-88-6003
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 gouache, watercolor on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Frame: 44.8 x 60.3 cm (17 5/8 x 23 3/4 in.)