Design for a Silver Vessel (Wine Cooler?)

Anonymous, French, 19th century

19th century · Black and white chalk, brush and colored wash, heightened with gouache, over graphite · Drawings and Prints

Large-scale design for a silver vessel, possibly a wine cooler, decorated with Rococo ornament. The vessel has a large solid foot, and a single handle that is connected on either side. The drawings presents the object in elevation, but the shapes have been enhanced through the addition of washes and heightening. Below the elevation, a schematic top view is added, which shows a partition into three circular compartments with worked open leaf decorations filling the spaces in between.

Artist

Anonymous, French, 19th century

Date

19th century

Medium

Black and white chalk, brush and colored wash, heightened with gouache, over graphite

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1981