File:Drawing, Design for a Candlestick, Cup, and Vase, 1770 (CH 18172665).jpg

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English: Drawing, Design for a Candlestick, Cup, and Vase, 1770   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Drawing, Design for a Candlestick, Cup, and Vase, 1770
Description
English: Objects to be executed in gold or silver. At left: candlestick showing mermaid holding a socket. Her entwined fish body forms the stand. Center: a cup with handles formed by snakes above lion masks, body decorated with acanthus leaf design. At right: a fluted vase decorated with drapery festoons and two masks.
Date 1770
date QS:P571,+1770-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium pen and black ink, brush and wash on white laid paper
Dimensions 18.9 x 25.3 cm (7 7/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1911-28-66
Credit line Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Inscriptions Verso, three stamps: Cooper Union Museum, New York, 457e
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  • Type: Drawing
  • Inscribed: In pen and brown ink, lower left: J. C. D.
  • Country: France
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