Designs for Two Cups
date: label: Date
content: 1827–35
name: label: Designer
content: Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: At top, a cup on a base terminating in lion's feet and floral medallions. The bowl is decorated with grapevine, and encircled about the brim with a stylized leaf motif repeating in alternation. At bottom, a shallow vessel on a stem, whose handles are composed of snakes, issuing from the acanthus leaves and loosely coiled about the stem.
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: 1911-28-344
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 black ink, brush and wash on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 26 x 14.5 cm (10 1/4 x 5 11/16 in.)