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Drawing, Design for a Vessel (Tableware)

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1675 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is black chalk, pen and ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 26.7 x 19.1 cm (10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark at top: bird above triple mount

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink, below, left: 10.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Vessel (Tableware); Italy; black chalk, pen and ink on paper; H x W: 26.7 x 19.1 cm (10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-2564

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