Design for a Round Tureen
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Object Details
- Designer
- Giovacchino Belli, Italian, 1756 - 1822
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Vertical rectangle. Design for a round tureen intended to be executed in partly gilded silver. The round base is similar to that in 1938-88-651: a round base of two sections, the lower one showing a fret band. Four standing displayed eagles carrying festoons are intended upon the upper section, three shown. A round pedestal rises in the middle. Upon it stands upon four curved legs the bowl, described with leaf festoons hanging from Medusa masks at the upper ends of the legs. Pairs of snakes rise from the lateral masks, serving as handles. The upper part of the cover is shaped as a shell. Upon it stands the figure of Juno, raising a bowl with her right hand, the peacock beside her.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
- early 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1938-88-652
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- tableware designs
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.7 × 21.2 cm (9 5/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
- made in
- Rome, Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1938-88-652
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b0ad48b5-5177-47b3-b4ad-1446ce2ff72c
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