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Design for an Urn on a Stand

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–18681825

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Urn in profile with the spout facing left. The spout terminates in a parrot's head. The urn's oval body is adorned with a leaf arabesque and swan in the center. A kneeling nude child as the finial. The stand supports are in the form of parrots' heads with claw feet resting on balls. The spriit lamp is contained within an urn.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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