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

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