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Illustrations of Decorative Tableware

Detailed drawings of various tableware items, including pitchers and urns, capturing intricate designs and styles from the 19th century.

Design for an Urn on a Stand, Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799-1868, Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, Urn in profile with the spout facing left. The spout terminates in a parrot's head. The urn's oval body is adorned with a leaf arabesque and swan in the center. A kneeling nude child as the finial. The stand supports are in the form of parrots' heads with claw feet resting on balls. The spriit lamp is contained within an urn., Germany, 1825, Drawing, Drawing
Design for an Urn on a Stand, Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799-1868, Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, Urn in profile with the spout facing left. The spout terminates in a parrot's head. The urn's oval body is adorned with a leaf arabesque and swan in the center. A kneeling nude child as the finial. The stand supports are in the form of parrots' heads with claw feet resting on balls. The spriit lamp is contained within an urn., Germany, 1825, Drawing, Drawing
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Crock. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 45.1 x 35.6 cm (17 3/4 x 14 in.) Original IAD Object: 11 3/16" High 8" Dia. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Joseph Goldberg.Florence - S. Croce: Sacristy, reliquary of the XIV century. .Silver Mug. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 30.2 x 22.5 cm (11 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 3 1/8" high. Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Vincent Carano.Joseph Sudek, Waste Jar, c 1937 Waste JarJar. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 30.1 x 23 cm (11 7/8 x 9 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Yolande Delasser.Covered Jar. Dated: probably 1939. Dimensions: overall: 45.9 x 38.1 cm (18 1/16 x 15 in.) Original IAD Object: 8 1/2"H 9 1/8"H(w/cover) 4 3/4"Dia.(top) 4 1/8"Dia.(bot). Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Loughridge.Preserve Jar. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 28.9 x 21.1 cm (11 3/8 x 8 5/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 7" High 4 1/4" Dia. Medium: watercolor, graphite, colored pencil, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Matulis.John Tarantino, Salt Cup, c 1936 Salt CupWine Glass. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 28.8 x 23 cm (11 5/16 x 9 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Rolland Livingstone.Sugar Bowl. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 37 x 28.9 cm (14 9/16 x 11 3/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Robert Stewart.Teapot. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 22.9 x 29.2 cm (9 x 11 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 5 1/2" x 12 1/2". Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Samuel O. Klein.Wooden Pail. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.5 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 6 3/4" high; 6 3/4" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Anthony Zuccarello.Chalice from St. Michael's York. Artist: Anonymous, British, 19th century. Dimensions: sheet: 6 1/16 x 4 1/8 in. (15.4 x 10.4 cm). Date: second half 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Lard Lamp. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.2 x 24.3 cm (13 7/8 x 9 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 4 3/4" high, 4 1/2" wide. Medium: watercolor and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Max Soltmann.Vase with beef skulls, in or after 1771 print An ornamented vase with beef skulls, draperies and rings. Publishing number 374. Germany paper etching / engraving vase ~ ornamentSamuel Sulkowitz, Crock, c 1936 CrockWater Jug. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 28.7 x 22.2 cm (11 5/16 x 8 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 13" High 9 3/4" Dia(base). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Yolande Delasser.Lamp. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 28.8 x 22.8 cm (11 5/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 3 3/4" high; 2 7/16" wide. Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Matthew Mangiacotti.Annie B Johnston, Stoneware Jug, c 1938 Stoneware JugFrancis Law Durand, Silver Teapot, 1935 1942 Silver TeapotCast Iron Fruit Jar. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 48.7 x 40.7 cm (19 3/16 x 16 in.). Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Doris Hollingsworth.Charles Caseau, Stoneware Jar, c 1940 Stoneware JarVan Silvay, Sugar Bowl, c 1941 Sugar BowlPhilip Johnson, Goblet, c 1936 GobletJar. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29.1 x 23.4 cm (11 7/16 x 9 3/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 11 1/2" High 6 1/4" Dia(top) 6 1/4" Dia(base). Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles Caseau.John Fisk, Jug, 1937 JugCarl Keksi, Pipe Bowl, c 1938 Pipe BowlPewter Coffee Pot. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 28.8 x 22 cm (11 5/16 x 8 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 10 3/4" high; 3 3/4" in diameter. Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Eugene Barrell.Aaron Fastovsky, Churn, 1939 ChurnFactory Design Book of French Porcelain 1850 Designed by Haviland & Co. American and French. Factory Design Book of French Porcelain 344023Vijf vazen van Sèvres porselein; Porcelain. Sèvres; Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851. Reports by the Juries (...), Vol. III, Londen 1852.Max Soltmann, Toleware Coffee Pot, c 1937 Toleware Coffee PotSilver Teapot. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 22.9 x 29.4 cm (9 x 11 9/16 in.). Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Eugene La Foret.John Tarantino, Flask, c 1936 FlaskSilver teapot with the coat of arms of the Lubomirscy dukes, owned by Wanda Sztolcmanowa ; drawing for the publication: Dominika Jeżewskiego Skarbiec Zabytków Polskich znajdujących się w prywatnych zbiorach Warszawy, malował z natury Władysław Sztolcman o. Sztolcman, Władysław Roman (1873-1950), painterDesign for wine cooler (in actual size), Right of the design a front view of an ear, in the shape of a ram's head., dinner service, wine-cooler, Charles Nicolas Odiot (workshop of), Paris, c. 1830 - c. 1835, paper, pencil, brush, h 481 mm × w 465 mmLead Miner's Wooden Bucket. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 28.2 cm (14 1/16 x 11 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 10 1/4" high; 5" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Arthur Stewart and Paul Poffinbarger.Amelia Tuccio, Silver Teapot, 1936 Silver TeapotGlass Bitters Bottle. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 30.6 x 22.6 cm (12 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: G. A. Spangenberg.Design for a Tureen with Alternate Suggestions, Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799-1868, Pen and black ink, brush and wash on paper, Design for a tureen with alternate schemes of decoration. The left half of the vessel is decorated with a handle composed of a cornucopia, and the base is banded with a grapevine meander and rests on a paw foot. The right half is banded by a repeating palmette motif and handle in the form of a plant stalk. Finial unadorned., Augsburg, Germany, 1825-35, tableware designs, Drawing, DrawingBagal Freemasons. Price cup or jar of the Freemason Loge east. On the jar the shopping hook, passer and trowel: characters of freemasonry.Nicholas Zupa, Silver Sugar Bowl, 1936 Silver Sugar BowlDaniel Fletcher, Teapot, 1935 1942 TeapotCopper Kettle with Spout. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29.7 x 21.5 cm (11 11/16 x 8 7/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Gordon Saltar and James M. Lawson.Lantern. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 51.2 x 38.4 cm (20 3/16 x 15 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 15 1/2" high; 6 1/2" wide. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Walter Hochstrasser.Porcelain vases and jugs of Manufacture National de Sèvres exhibited on the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations of 1851 in London; Porcelain. Sèvres.Nicholas Amantea, Inkwell, c 1936 InkwellSilver Coffee Pot. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 22.7 cm (11 7/16 x 8 15/16 in.). Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Michael Fenga.Lantern. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29.1 x 22.9 cm (11 7/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 14" high; 5 1/8" in diameter. Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mildred Ford.Lamp. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 28.6 x 21.9 cm (11 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 6 1/2" high; 3 1/2" in diameter. Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Burton Ewing.John Dana, Christmas Light, c 1936 Christmas LightRichard Taylor, Whale Oil Lamp, c 1938 Whale Oil LampWhiskey Flask. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 28.1 cm (14 1/16 x 11 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: G. A. Spangenberg.Creamer. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 30.3 x 22.8 cm (11 15/16 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Frank Fumagalli.Butter Mold. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 30.5 x 23 cm (12 x 9 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 4" high; 4 1/2" in diameter. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wilbur M Rice.Michael Trekur, Vase, c 1940 VaseCandlestick. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 36.8 x 45.9 cm (14 1/2 x 18 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 1 15/16" high; 11 7/8" long;base: 6 3/8" in diameter. Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Amelia Tuccio.Economy Pie Plate. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 22.8 x 27.8 cm (9 x 10 15/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edward White.Three Ornamental Vessel Designs Giacomo Rossi Italian 17th centuryAmerican 20th Century, Barber Pole, 1935 1942 Barber PoleJoseph Sudek, Creamer, c 1937 CreamerElisabeth Fulda, Cruet Bottle, c 1939 Cruet BottleWilliam L Antrim, Toleware Coffee Pot, c 1936 Toleware Coffee PotWilliam Kieckhofel, Crockery Mold, c 1939 Crockery MoldFrank M Keane, Kettle, c 1934 KettleYolande Delasser, Jug, c 1937 JugMina Lowry, Large Mug, c 1936 Large MugGloves in the form of a man; Livre De Vases. The handle has the shape of a swan. Leaf 16 from series of 24 sheets, numbered: 1-21, 23-25.George Yanosko, Covered Rabbit Dish, 1935 1942 Covered Rabbit DishLazio Latina Sezze Antiquarium Comunale69. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.High model fruit bowl with lid, anonymous, after M.J. Lens, 1889 print paper etching vase ~ ornament. container of metal: bucket, can, canister, drum, tinToy China Set. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.5 x 22.9 cm (12 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Albert Camilli.Hand Warmer. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 27.9 x 22.9 cm (11 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 6 1/2" long; 4" wide; 2 1/2" high. Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Henry Meyers.Nicholas Amantea and Melita Hofmann, Creamer, c 1936 CreamerA group of glass products three goblets from the collection of minutes Institut, Liegnitz; Belitski, Ludwig (1830-1902); 1854- (1854-00-00-1854-00-00);Legnica (Dolnośląskie Voivodeship), minutes of Institut (Legnica), chalk, artistic crafts, glass (artist)The Hague, Blommers, P. (Lithographic printing house of), Slits, G., Berg, Andries van den, Objects found in a Roman grave in Obbicht, Pots from a Roman grave, verso - stamped, Depicted are seven objects including jugs, pots, a bowl and a bottle. All cast a shadow on the ground and are numbered. The side view of two objects is also shown., print, prints, height 370 mm, width 270 mm, Dutch, 1852-05-19 - 1944-02-14, print maker, printmaker, 1862 - 1944, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek), Work conception, after a design by, printer, drukkerDesign for Three Vases ca. 1770-85 Anonymous, French, 18th century French. Design for Three Vases 344065Pa. German Sugar Tub. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 52.6 x 35.5 cm (20 11/16 x 14 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ethelbert Brown.The Town Cup of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, 1865. '...the cup...is a vase of embossed silver, on a pedestal, with the figure of a yachtsman leaning on a rudder, a yacht in full sail displayed on the shield above; the handles formed of tridents, and the lid surmounted by a pair of banners, with other subordinate features. Its weight is 40 oz., and it was furnished by Mr. Barnard, silversmith, of Ryde'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865.American 20th Century, Teapot, 1935 1942 TeapotSilver Creamer. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.6 x 23 cm (12 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 2 3/4" wide; 5 1/2" high. Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Simon Weiss.Relieke holder to a design by Mathieu Lauweriks, Anonymous, c. 1910 photograph cardboard. photographic support relics (and reliquaries)Crock. Dated: 1939. Dimensions: overall: 35.6 x 27.8 cm (14 x 10 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 6 1/4" High 8 1/2" Dia(top) 6 1/2" Dia(base). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Nicholas Amantea.Giacinto Capelli, Silver Waste Bowl, c 1936 Silver Waste BowlSimon Weiss, Silver Tea Set Creamer, 1935 1942 Silver Tea Set CreamerFour vases; I Cahier des Vases; Dessoints de la fashion Neuve au Gout Antique (...). Designs for four vases with flowers, garlands and ornaments. The vases at the top left and right below have two ears.Elmo Fleming, Pitcher, c 1941 PitcherRecto: Design for a Bottle with a Handle, Red chalk, pen and black ink on laid paper; verso: graphite, pen and black ink, Recto: The lower part of body of the bottle is shaped like a bowl. On its rim stand two swans, to whose necks the handle is fastened. Alternative suggestions are made for the pose of the necks. A crowned escutcheon is shown in the center of the bottle. Verso: above, a staircase, five sections of entablatures, with measurements, a plan of decorative motif, formed by an equilateral cross, and circles. Lower section at right, six projects, two sketches for frames or parts of frames, some with alternative suggestions., Italy, ca. 1600, metalwork, Drawing, DrawingFred Peterson, Pewter Toy Porringer, c 1936 Pewter Toy PorringerGoblet. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 22.5 cm (11 7/16 x 8 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Gertrude Lemberg.Five Gallon Churn. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 49.5 x 56.8 cm (19 1/2 x 22 3/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 18" High 1" Wide. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Richard Barnett.Margaret Stottlemeyer, Stone Fruit Jar, 1935 1942 Stone Fruit JarGalena Big Jug. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 50.9 x 40.6 cm (20 1/16 x 16 in.) Original IAD Object: 13 3/4" High. Medium: watercolor and colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William Spiecker.Zoar Colander. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 27.9 x 33.9 cm (11 x 13 3/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Fritz Boehmer.In Collection, Demmin, Drinking glass, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1878.Roman cinerary urns, a large ornate funeral vase with genius and torch surrounded by more simple urns. Handcolored copperplate engraving from G. T. Wilhelm's "Encyclopedia of Natural History: Mankind," Augsburg, 1804. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergyman and naturalist known as the German Buffon.Toddy Glass. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 36.7 x 29.2 cm (14 7/16 x 11 1/2 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: James McCreery.Lantern. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 22.7 cm (11 7/16 x 8 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 5 1/4" in diameter; 15 3/4" high. Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mildred Ford.Six decorative vases. Designs for six ornamental vases with garlands. The vase at the top of the top has buck heads on either side.Apple Butter Crock. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 38.3 x 28 cm (15 1/16 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: Rendered actual size.. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Fritz Boehmer.