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Design for a Watchcase Lid or Medallion

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
A small ornament print – a design for a medallion or lid of a circular watchcase – with a central basket of fruit and leaves surrounded by scrolling leaves, fleurons, two vases of flowers, three birds, flowers, and fruit. Another impression of this same plate is pasted below on the same page of the album.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Print Maker
Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686
Designer
Jacques Vauquer, French, 1621–1686
Date
17th century
Credit Line
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Medium
Engraving on laid paper
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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