Design for a Coffee Urn

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Object Details

Designer

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Side view with the spout at right. On a square plinth on knobs. Egg-shaped urn with cover. Two snakes form the handle.

Credit Line

Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council

Date

1810

Accession Number

1911-28-324

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

metalwork

Object Name

Drawing

Type

Drawing

Medium

Pen and black ink, brush and gray, black wash, graphite on paper

Dimensions

44.8 x 31 cm (17 5/8 x 12 3/16 in.)

made in

Augsburg, Germany

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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq484e694ee-e9b3-4fc6-81b2-2c6670dc6dad

Record ID

chndm_1911-28-324

Design for a Coffee Urn

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