Explore Collections

You are here:
CollectionsOnline
/
[75] Preliminary design for a coffee pot, c1773, possibly executed
Browse
Reference number
SM Adam volume 6/94
Purpose
[75] Preliminary design for a coffee pot, c1773, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a tripod stand with sabre legs, paw feet, and a central urn ornamented with gadrooning, guilloche, ram masks, festoons and rosettes, and the urn is flanked by scroll work. The tripod supports a burner and jug ornamented with a band of laurel leaf tips, gadrooning, a monogram set within a wreath, bands of beading, a band of rosettes enclosed within wreaths, and a band of foil. The jug handle is formed in a scroll with a rosette set at the centre
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Sketch of a / coffee pot for / W. W. W. (all in pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1773
c1773
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (205 x 330)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Literature
Fairclough, 1995, pp. 376-386
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk