Ornamental Vase Design
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1738
name: label: Designer
content: François Boucher, French, 1703–1770
label: Print Maker
content: A. Bouchet, French, active ca. 1730-1740
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vase in the form of a pitcher with only the mounts (lid, handle, feet) fully rendered. A figure of a young boy reclines on rocks, shells, and flowers on the lid, while a goat with a long tail decorates the handle, and acanthus and scroll motifs adorn the foot. At right, a line drawing of the ewer to which the mounts might be attached. The plate is etched with the signature of the printmaker, and is inscribed in graphite with the plate number. The plate is printed in red ink (sanguine).
place: label: designed in
content: Paris, France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
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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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-245-12
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching in red ink on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 31.1 x 25.1 cm (12 1/4 x 9 7/8 in.)