Design for a Tureen
date: label: Date
content: 1825–1835
name: label: Designer
content: Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The body is banded by an arabesque frieze with lions and a medallion portrait in the center. The handles are formed by paired snakes issuing from a bound cluster of leaves. The finial is banded by a frieze of arabesques, vases, half-fish, half-swans, and masks, and rests on animals' feet. Lower right (in red ink): "No 4 [?]" (cut off)
place: label: made in
content: Augsburg, Germany
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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: 1911-28-359
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 ink, brush and wash on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 40.2 × 44.8 cm (15 13/16 × 17 5/8 in.)