Ostrich egg and stand
date: label: Date
content: 17th century
name: label: After
content: Johannes Meyer, Swiss, 1655 - 1712
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Ostrich egg carved with allegories of the four continents--Africa, America, Asia, Europe.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1960-1-27-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Ostrich egg and stand
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ostrich egg
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam.: 15 x 11 cm (5 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.)