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[86] Design for a tureen, 1773, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/121
Purpose
[86] Design for a tureen, 1773, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a tureen with a socle base ornamented with a band of laurel leaf tips, and a band of rosettes and festoons. The base supports winged sphinxes which bear a tureen. The tureen is ornamented with gadrooning, figurative ovals, ram masks, and bands of festoons and acanthus leaves. The gadrooned lid is formed with a rosette surmounted by a pine cone
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Turine for Sir Watkin Wynn Bart. / 43
Signed and dated
- January 1773
Adelphi / 18.t Janry 1773
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (407 x 312)
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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