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Design for a Baptismal Font

The plan of the bowl resembles a quatrefoil. Below is a round base and a short shaft, with a festoon supported by two cherubim. The lid has, below, moldings and two pediment volutes at the front upon which two angels sit embracing each other, the left one holding in his right hand flower stems. In the center is an onion-shaped cupola with a cross on top. Usual background.

Credit: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund

c. 1775
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper
1938-88-1405
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020

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