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Thin-walled vessel in the shape of a head of lettuce; the sides and spout are decorated with leaf forms and venations in relief. Curving handle and circular foot.

Sauce Boat (England), mid- 18th century
salt-glazed earthenware.
Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt.
1931-40-19-a

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Oval hinged tortoiseshell box, gold rim and frame; enamel portrait of a man in a red coat, slashed; white collar, green band; white wig.

Oval Snuffbox With Circular Portrait Miniature (England), ca. 1775
tortoiseshell, chased gold, enamel on copper.
Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1931-6-86

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Square-sided, mold blown glass bottle with stopper, cut decoration.

Bottle And Stopper (England)
glass.
Gift of William D. Eppes.
1972-85-1-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Circular form with ten evenly spaced projections around outer perimeter, each of a different shape, with varying terminals. Main body is smooth surfaced, color of greenish-yellow with blue dots and a red wavy line; various colors on projection terminals.

Wheel Bracelet, 1996–97
polyester, epoxy resin, silver.
Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program....
1998-13-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Egg-shell porcelain. Circular foot ring, the body rises in an assymetrical oval pattern, continuing to a plain lip. Reverse of body plain; obverse inscribed with a series of squares with circular motifs in center of each square. Six vertical rows of squares are centered with impressed circles; eight rows with fully pierced centers. First six rows of squares pierced with small holes at corners.

Vase (England), 1982
pierced porcelain.
1983-9-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Roughly rectangular form, the ebony and carnelian surface with applied fragment of Egyptian faience figure in center, flanked by gold heart in scale above gold feet on left, jackal's head holding scale with feather on right; turquoise beads applied along left and right edges, and center top and bottom edges.

The Weighing of the Heart Brooch In Art Form Holder, ca. 1998
gold, faience (ceramic frit amulet fragment, egyptian, 7th-5th century bc),....
Gift of Linda Lichtenberg Kaplan.
2011-15-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Two twisting, looped glass tubes projecting from a short, tapering black cylindrical housing with threaded metal end for insertion into light bulb socket.

Plumen 001 Light Bulb, 2010
glass, molded abs plastic, wire, electronics.
Gift of Hulger.
2011-39-1

This object was made by Hulger Design Ltd..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Silver teapot engraved with a foliate and spiral patterned band at the shoulder, above a tapering reeded base; curved spout; curved wooden handle; slightly domed lid with wooden finial of smooth acorn shape topped with silver terminus, its base with silver leaf form surround.

Teapot (England), 1798–99
silver, caved wood.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1952-166-98

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Teapot And Lid (England), 1920s
glazed ceramic.
Gift of Mel Byars.
1991-59-6-a,b

This object was made by James Sadler & Sons.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Two twisting, looped glass tubes projecting from a short, tapering black cylindrical housing with threaded metal end for insertion into light bulb socket.

Plumen 001 Light Bulb, 2010
glass, molded abs plastic, wire, electronics.
Gift of Hulger.
2011-39-4

This object was made by Hulger Design Ltd..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Polychromed figure of a rooster on a rocaille pedestal.

Rooster Figurine, ca. 1760
soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels.
Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1926-22-479

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

In early 18th century style, modern bevelled clouded glass in two parts; the upper part shaped to conform to the narrow inner molding which runs within the entire frame. Lower corners bear leaf carvings terminating in volutes and scrolls. Similar elements are reversed at upper corner and are contiued into the cresting by smaller voluted leaf carvings. The gadrooned and leaf carved cavetto-molded cresting is interrupted at its center by a foliated cartouche bearing in relief on its circular cabachon the cipher "10" repeated and reversed.

Mirror (England), late 19th–early 20th century
gessoed, gilt and carved wood, mirroed plate glass.
Gift of Irwin Untermyer.
1950-112-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

White porcelain leaf-shaped sauce boat with a branch handle. Decorated with small flower details.

Sauce Boat (England), 1750–60
glazed soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels.
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
1938-57-430

This object was made by Worcester Porcelain Factory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Black, striated Bakelite body of rectangular form, projecting to sharp vertical edge in center front; circular lens in center; small rectangular viewfinder above lens; smooth black top with film-winding wheel on left; two small circular windows with green plastic on center back.

Purma Special Camera, 1937
bakelite, acrylic (lens), metal.
Gift of Barry Friedman and Patricia Pastor.
1986-99-24

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Circular bowl tapering to short circular foot; blue speckled interior.

Bowl (England), mid- 20th century
thrown, painted, and glazed earthenware.
Gift of Paul F. Walter.
1993-64-9

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Cordless dark grey telephone consisting of rectangular base unit with slanted digital display in front and upright antenna on right, well on left for separate handset unit. Upright rectangular handset with flip-down panel in lower half, digital display in front, upright antenna top right.

Dancall 5000 Cordless Telephone, 1986
molded plastic, metal, electronic components.
Gift of Arango Design Foundation.
1994-31-127-a/c

This object was made by Dancall Radio AS.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Gray rectangular box with Plexiglass front panel that slides up to allow access to decorated slate panel with mount for brooch.

The Weighing Of The Heart Brooch Holder, ca. 1998
mixed media on slate, painted wood, plexiglass.
Gift of Linda Lichtenberg Kaplan.
2011-15-2-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Two twisting, looped glass tubes projecting from a short, tapering black cylindrical housing with threaded metal end for insertion into light bulb socket.

Plumen 001 Light Bulb, 2010
glass, molded abs plastic, wire, electronics.
Gift of Hulger.
2011-39-2

This object was made by Hulger Design Ltd..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Two twisting, looped glass tubes projecting from a short, tapering black cylindrical housing with threaded metal end for insertion into light bulb socket.

Plumen 001 Light Bulb, 2010
glass, molded abs plastic, wire, electronics.
Gift of Hulger.
2011-39-3

This object was made by Hulger Design Ltd..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Figure of Hannah More seated on a chair and wearing a bonnet and shawl over her dress, in her right hand she holds a scent bottle, set on a scroll moulded base.

Figure (England), 1830–1836
unglazed porcelain (bisque).
1953-12-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Two twisting, looped glass tubes projecting from a short, tapering black cylindrical housing with threaded metal end for insertion into light bulb socket.

Plumen 001 Light Bulb, 2010
glass, molded abs plastic, wire, electronics.
Gift of Hulger.
2011-39-5

This object was made by Hulger Design Ltd..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Oval cylindrial form, later decorated with scrolls, figures and foliage.

Teapot (England), 1790–91
repousse and chased sheet silver, carved wood.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-64-22

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Tea Caddy And Sugar Caddy With Lids (England)

Tea Caddy And Sugar Caddy With Lids (England)
silver.
1960-1-1-a/d

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Oval tin with ring handles and decoration resembling an Egyptian frieze.

Egyptian Revival Style Biscuit Tin, late 19th–early 20th century
offset lithograph on tin.
1990-93-4-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Curvilienar zig-zag form with thick, canted nozzle at top tapering to narrow diagonal neck above curving vertical shaft that broadens to triangular base.

Crane Candlestick, 1988
cast aluminum.
Gift of Mel Byars.
1991-59-176

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Teapot (a) of footed ovoid form with curving spout and squared handle, the crackled cream-colored ground with brown transfer-printed decoration of birds in flight among a tree and flowers, above a geometric-patterned band and a section with flower decoration. Sprays of flowering branches on spout, geometric pattern on handle. The circular lid (b) decorated with sprays of flowering branches and geometric pattern on squared handle.

Rangoon Teapot, ca. 1878–85
glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.
1999-42-4-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Square "cube" body, flat base, open top.Gilded interior.At opposing cornersconcave indentations with vertical strut handles. Bright-cut engraved in swags around upper body. Square cube body. Open top, gilded interior. Two opposed corners with in- set vertical handles. Bright-cut engraving of garlands encircle all sides.

The Cube Sugar Bowl, ca. 1915–16
silver-plated metal, gilding (interior).
Gift of Nicholas Harris, London.
1986-12-2

This object was made by Thomas Webb & Sons.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Square "cube" body, flat base, open top.Gilded interior. Corner concave to form pouring lip; opposite corner concave with verticle strut handle. Engr-aved with bright-cut swags around upper body.

The Cube Jug, ca. 1915–16
silver-plated metal, gilding (interior).
Gift of Nicholas Harris, London.
1986-12-3

This object was made by Thomas Webb & Sons.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Two twisting, looped glass tubes projecting from a short, tapering black cylindrical housing with threaded metal end for insertion into light bulb socket.

Plumen 001 Light Bulb, 2010
glass, molded abs plastic, wire, electronics.
Gift of Hulger.
2011-39-6

This object was made by Hulger Design Ltd..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.