Design for a Ewer with Lion-Shaped Handle

A pen and brown ink drawing with wash shows a footed ewer with a lion-headed handle curling over its spout. The body is ornamented with bands of scrollwork, masks, and foliage, set against a pale, lightly worked sheet with a faint blue collector's stamp at lower left.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1550–1600

Medium

Black chalk, pen, ink, and wash on paper.

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

1481 × 2240 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum