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[85] Unfinished design for a punch bowl, c1773, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/120
Purpose
[85] Unfinished design for a punch bowl, c1773, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a punch bowl with a socle base ornamented with a band of laurel leaf tips, a band of reed, a central patera set within strigilation, and a band of guilloche. The bowl is ornamented with gadrooning, a band of Vitruvian scroll enclosing anthemia and flanked by bands of beading, and a ram mask which forms the handle. The ram mask is flanked by festoons and rosettes, and above this there is a band of guilloche and a band of arabesques with rosettes
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Punch Bowl for Sir Watkin Wynn / 42 / 120 (pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1773
c1773
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (407 x 294)
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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