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  • image SM Adam volume 25/95

Reference number

SM Adam volume 25/95

Purpose

[50] Finished drawing for a tureen, c1772, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a tureen with a sockle base ornamented with vine leaves and with bands of guilloche and of acanthus leaves above. The tureen is fluted, and ornamented with a central coat of arms enclosed within a wreath, and this is flanked by cameo portraits of King George III and Queen Charlotte set within wreaths, and all these are linked with festoons. The tureen has a frieze of enclosed anthemia alternating with calyx, and with a band of laurel leaf tips above. The tureen handles are formed from acanthus leaves and female half figures

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Turine for The Earl of Bute / 17. / GEORGIUS. TERTIUS. REX / CARLOTTA REGINA

Signed and dated

  • c1772
    c1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (512 x 350)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi, William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 22
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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