[84] Preliminary design for a punch ladle, c1773, as executed

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    - St James's Square, number 20, London, designs for a house and interiors for Watkin Williams-Wynn, c1772-1777 (99)
      - Preliminary designs, designs and finished drawings for silverware, c1773, possibly executed (18)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 25/119

Purpose

[84] Preliminary design for a punch ladle, c1773, as executed

Aspect

Above- Elevation of a punch ladle with the bowl ornamented with gadrooning and a curved handle ornamented with acanthus leaves Below- Plan of a punch ladle with the interior of the bowl ornamented with a central eagle set within a band of beading and a patera. The bowl is flanked by part-paterae, and the turned handle is ornamented with calyx, anthemia, and a band of gadrooning, and terminates in acanthus leaves

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Punch Ladle for Sir Watkin Wynn / 41 / 119 (pencil)

Signed and dated

c1773
c1773

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (320 x 205)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 50
Fairclough, 1995, pp. 376-386
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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Drawing

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