Ornamental Vase Design
date: label: Date
content: 1775-1780
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Claude Thomas Duplessis, French, 1730-1783
label: Publisher
content: Jean Claude Thomas Duplessis, French, 1730-1783
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Shallow vase with a tall, wide neck. The vase has two handles formed from cornucopia filled with flowers. The cornucopia/handles terminate at the shoulder of the vase, where there are goat-head mascarons. The vase is decorated with garlands, fluting on the neck partially covered by a blank band, panels on the belly, and guilloche patterning at the foot. The vase is elevated on a socle and surrounded with rocks and with trees in the background. The plate is signed but not numbered.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1921-6-499-3
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper