Vase with Flowers

A finely drawn urn-shaped vase with scrolled handles and a domed lid rests on a shallow rectangular plinth, with trailing garlands and blossoms draped across its sides. The monochrome etching is set within a double-ruled border on a cream sheet of laid paper.

Artist

Pierre Ranson

Date

late 18th century

Medium

Etching and engraving on laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2655 × 4000 px

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