Design for a Candlestick, Cup, and Vase, Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734–1791, Pen and black ink, brush and wash on white laid paper, Objects to be executed in gold or silver. At left: candlestick showing mermaid holding a socket. Her entwined fish body forms the stand. Center: a cup with handles formed by snakes above lion masks, body decorated with acanthus leaf design. At right: a fluted vase decorated with drapery festoons and two masks., France, 1770, metalwork, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Candlestick, Cup, Vase, Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734–1791, Pen, black ink, brush, wash, white laid paper, Objects, executed, gold, silver, left, candlestick, mermaid holding, socket, entwined fish body forms, stand, Center, cup, handles formed, snakes, lion masks, body decorated, acanthus leaf design, right, fluted vase decorated, drapery festoons, two masks, France, 1770, metalwork, Drawing, Drawing
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