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[4] Finished drawing for a candlestick, c1775, executed with minor alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/128
Purpose
[4] Finished drawing for a candlestick, c1775, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Elevation of a candlestick with a flared base ornamented with beading, fan work, leaf tips, and fluting. Above the base there is a panel containing on ox skull flanked by swags. The central support of the candlestick is tapered and fluted, and this terminates in an arabesque flanked by acanthus leaves. Above this there is a panel containing a patera set within an oval band of foil. The support is surmounted by a candle holder with a socle base and in the form of a tubular flower. The holder is ornamented with a band of reed and ribbon, and a band of enclosed calyx
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Candlestick for the Duke of Roxburghe / 50
Signed and dated
- c1775
c1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (201 x 406)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 40
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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