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Drawing, Deign for a Covered Tureen

This is a Drawing. It was created by Johann Alois Seethaler and attributions: Joseph Anton Seethaler II. It is dated 1825–35 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and wash, graphite on white laid paper . It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Joseph Anton Seethaler II came from a long line of master silversmiths in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. The tureen has for centuries, been one of the most significant pieces of silverware on the table. This drawing for a silver tureen is bifurcated in the middle to show two alternate design schemes on the left and right sides, presumably to offer options to a client. The handle of the cover is the only common element to both design variants.



Wall Label from exhibition, "Multiple Choice, From Sample to Product," Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, NY.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 40 x 56 cm (15 3/4 x 22 1/16 in.) Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)

It has the following markings

Marks: C & I HONIG (similar to Heawood 3344)

It is inscribed

in pen and red ink, lower right: No. 35

Cite this object as

Drawing, Deign for a Covered Tureen; Johann Alois Seethaler (1796 – 1835); Attributions: Joseph Anton Seethaler II (German, 1799–1868); Germany; pen and black ink, brush and wash, graphite on white laid paper ; Sheet: 40 x 56 cm (15 3/4 x 22 1/16 in.) Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-360

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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