Print, Ewer with Handle

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1946	We acquired this object.
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Print, Ewer with Handle

This is a Print. We acquired it in 1946. Its medium is engraving on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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Print, Two Designs for Vase-Like Ornaments, ca. 1750
engraving on white laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-317-27

Drawing, Design for an Ewer, 19th century
pen and ink on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-957

Drawing, Design for an Ewer, 1630–60
black, white, and red chalk, brush and gouache on laid paper.
Gift of Ogden Codman.
1916-9-4

Our curators have highlighted 9 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

Folio 12, plate 12 of a series of 12. Design for mounts of a ewer or vase influenced by shell forms to be executed in jasper. A figure of a young boy reclines on rocks, shells, and flowers on the lid, a goat with a long tail decorates the handle, and acanthus and scroll motifs adorn the foot. At right, a line drawing of the ewer to which the mounts would be attached.

Bound Print, Plate 12, Livre de vases (Book of Vases), ca. 1738
etching in red ink on white laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-245-12

Design for a candlestick shown from the front. Shown is a tripartite foot consisting of animals in auricular style, upon which children stand. Each carries a lighted torch. The child at left additionally holds a bowl; the child at right holds a drinking vessel. The shaft consists of a seated child holding a torch in the left hand and supporting a bowl with its right hand and head.

Drawing, Design for a Candlestick, 1630–60
chalk on laid paper.
Gift of Ogden Codman.
1916-9-8

Vertical rectangle. Ewer, with snakes entwining a nude man as handles and neck. He blows a conch shell, with a plate being held by a child beside it. The body is decorated with rinceaux and terms. Inscribed below: "ROMAE AB ANTIQVO REPERTVM MD XXXXIII" and "A.E.V." on a tablet.

Print, Vase (Plate 5 of a Series), 1543
black ink on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of E.F. Caldwell & Co..
1963-9-244

Cite this object as

Print, Ewer with Handle; Netherlands; engraving on white laid paper; 1946-3-4

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Fragile Beasts.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2CcgR/
Accession Number 1946-3-4
Object ID 18378451