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Design for a Crystal Urn with Silver Mounts
Joseph Anton Seethaler IIc. 1827-1835
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Ovoidal carved glass urn, with a circular base and tall neck, decorated with spiral fluting. Silver handles terminating in roosters' heads, and attached at their bases to a band of grapevine encircling the body of the object. Signed pen and black ink, lower right: J. Seethaler.
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Details
- Title: Design for a Crystal Urn with Silver Mounts
- Creator: Joseph Anton Seethaler II
- Creator Lifespan: 1799/1868
- Date Created: c. 1827-1835
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and wash, green water color on paper
- Signed: Signed in black ink, lower right: J. Seethaler
- Dimensions: 47.3 x 37.5 cm (18 5/8 x 14 3/4 in.)
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