Goblet
A mask is at the shaft. Two mermaids are shown in profile with their backs at the cup, like handles. The left one has the arms lowered, the right one has them crossed before the breast. A row of leaves is around the lowest part of the cup. A festoon hangs behind the necks of the figures. Colored background.
Credit: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
c. 1785
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper
1938-88-1766
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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