Design for a Candlestick
date: label: Date
content: 1820-1835
name: label: Designer
content: Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The candlestick is in the shape of a censer. Topped by cupid in a chariot drawn by snails. Supported by a ring before which the foreparts of four swans are intended to carry four sockets. They are fastened to the legs which rise in the scheme of a tripod. The top section starts from a base upon which swans crouch. The bottom section stands with clawed feet on a plinth.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1911-28-501
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Type
content: drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 62.6 × 34.5 cm (24 5/8 × 13 9/16 in.)