Birdcage
date: label: Date
content: 1750–1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Glazed earthenware frame (a), rectangular with arched top and simple short square feet; vertical metal wires set into frame. White ground with blue glaze decoration of geometrical designs along ceramic cross posts and corners; bottom section comprising panels decorated with landscapes, including boating scene on front panel, ice skaters on rear panel. Removeable ceramic drawer (b), with central metal knob, slides into lower right corner of cage.
place: label: made in
content: Netherlands
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1916-19-60-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: birdcage
label: Type
content: birdcage
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Tin-glazed earthenware, metal wire, metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 26.7 x 22.3 x 14.6 cm (10 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.)