# Ornamental Vase Design

- By: François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)
- Date: ca. 1738
- Medium: Etching in red ink on cream laid paper
- Classification: Metalwork
- Dimensions: 21.6 × 14.9 cm (8 1/2 × 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/27912)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/7808a0e3d35eaddbf17ad82ec06703b1.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Vase in the form of a pitcher. Shell-shaped forms near the neck and lid, the handle connected to the base by a snake-like chain. Sitting on the handle is a crouching dog baring its teeth. Reclining in the slope of the neck, at right, a putto figure. The plate is printed in red ink (sanguine). The plate is signed and numbered.