# Ornamental Vase Design

- By: François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)
- Date: ca. 1738
- Medium: Etching in red ink on cream laid paper
- Classification: Metalwork
- Dimensions: 21.5 × 14.9 cm (8 7/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/27911)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/977d7260dc811ad9567cbde43e3d97b6.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Lidded vase with finial. Three putti support the vase on their backs. The vase is decorated with fluting; at the shoulder of the vase are three lion’s masks with rings in their mouths, connected by festoon drapery. The plate is printed in red ink (sanguine). The plate is signed and numbered.