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[87] Finished drawing for a tureen, 1773, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/122
Purpose
[87] Finished drawing for a tureen, 1773, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a tureen with a base ornamented with bands of laurel leaf tips, fluting, and beading. The tureen is ornamented with figurative ovals set with calyx wreaths, festoons of calyx, ram masks and bands of acanthus leaf, beading, and rosettes set within wreaths. The lid is formed from a rosette surmounted by a pine cone
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Turine for Sir Watkin Wynn Bart. / 44
Signed and dated
- March 1773
Adelphi / 9.t March 1773.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (408 x 332)
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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