Design for Candy Box Cover

A watercolor vignette in an oval mount shows a garden scene with a rococo-style white pedestal topped by a carved urn and two small figures. Clusters of pink and orange flowers, red-capped mushrooms, green foliage, and small butterflies fill the foreground against a pale blue-grey background.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1880

Medium

Brush and watercolor on cardboard

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2119 × 2999 px

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