Ornamental Vase Design
date: label: Date
content: 1737
name: label: Designer
content: Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Chez Huquier
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Tall vase with a thin neck, around which is an acanthus leaf pattern. Two sirens facing outward with arms stretched behind their heads function as handles. The middle of the vase features a mythological scene, of a woman (Venus) in a chariot with putti behind her, driven by two swans. A putto flies above, holding a billowing cloth. The bottom third of the vase is fluted and has a raised mask at the center. The fish tail handles cross in front of the vase and over the mask. The foot of the vase is thin and tall, fluted, and wavy at the base. The plate is lettered and 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: 1921-6-479-15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper