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Print, Two Designs for Vase-Like Ornaments

This is a Print. It was designed by Franz Xaver Habermann and engraved by Johann Georg Hertel and published by Johann Georg Hertel. It is dated ca. 1750 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

  • Print, Terrine
  • etching on laid paper.
  • Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
  • 1921-6-313-80

Our curators have highlighted 8 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

  • Ewer (Germany)
  • silver gilt.
  • Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde.
  • 1960-1-19-a,b
  • Print, Ewer with Handle
  • engraving on white laid paper.
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
  • 1946-3-4

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 30.5 x 20.4 cm (12 x 8 1/16 in.) Sheet: 40.7 x 23.3 cm (16 x 9 3/16 in.)

It is inscribed

On plate, lower left: F.X. Haberman, inv. et del.; lower center: No. 143.; lower right: Joh. Georg Hertel, exc. Aug. 1. V.; lower left (vertical): 27

Cite this object as

Print, Two Designs for Vase-Like Ornaments; Designed by Franz Xaver Habermann (German, 1721 – 1796); Engraved by Johann Georg Hertel (German, ca. 1700–1776); Germany; engraving on white laid paper; Platemark: 30.5 x 20.4 cm (12 x 8 1/16 in.) Sheet: 40.7 x 23.3 cm (16 x 9 3/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-317-27

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