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[88] Finished drawing for a tureen, c1773, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/118
Purpose
[88] Finished drawing for a tureen, c1773, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a tureen with a base ornamented with a band of laurel leaf tips and gadrooning. The tureen has socle feet ornamented with bands of laurel leaf tips, anthemia, and arabesques. The tureen has a band of guilloche enclosing rosettes, a central roundel depicting an eagle set within strigilation, and a band of foil, anthemia and calyx. Above this the lid is ornamented with ox skulls bearing swags, flanked by rosettes, and it is surmounted by a lid bearing a rosette, calyx and arabesques which support anthemia
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
For Sir Watkin Wynn Bart / 40 / 118 (pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1773
c1773
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (295 x 249)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 50
Fairclough, 1995, pp. 376-386
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Fairclough, 1995, pp. 376-386
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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