Ornamental Vase Design
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1738
name: label: Designer
content: François Boucher, French, 1703–1770
label: Print Maker
content: A. Bouchet, French, active ca. 1730-1740
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vase with a long neck and two handles. The handle at left is composed of a feathered bird stretched across the body of the vase, its neck forming the handle curve and its beak prying open the lid at top. The right handle is of a sharper geometric form resting upon a mask. Leafy garland draped from the right handle to the pedestal. The belly of the vase has a scene of four nude women. There is a garden wall with trees behind indicated in the background. The plate is printed in red ink (sanguine). The plate is signed and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, 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: 1921-6-245-9
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching in red ink on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 21.5 × 14.8 cm (8 7/16 × 5 13/16 in.)