Ornamental Vase Design
Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Vase with a narrow mouth. A siren sits on either side of the vase with head turned toward the right. At the center of the vase is a large, stylized shell that merges with drapery. The vase has a tall, tapered foot, with scalloped detail. The vase is elevated on a low, square plinth. The plate is not signed or numbered.
- Credit Line
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Date
- 1756-1773
- Accession Number
- 1921-6-500-5
- Publisher
- Charles Leviez, French, 1708–1778
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Object Name
- Type
- Medium
- Etching on laid paper
- made in
- France
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Record ID
- chndm_1921-6-500-5
