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: Bowl-shaped vase with three putti sitting on the shoulder facing inward with their arms on their heads. The vase has an empty oval medallion at the center, with a ribbon and garland of grape vine draped above. The vase is decorated with fluting, gadrooning, egg and dart, and acanthus leaf ornamentation. The vase is elevated on a socle and placed amidst shrubs with trees in the background. The plate is signed but not numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-499-4
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper