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[3] Finished drawings for urns and a candlestick, c1775, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/130-132
Purpose
[3] Finished drawings for urns and a candlestick, c1775, possibly executed
Aspect
Left- Elevation of an urn as SM Adam Volume 49/57
Centre – Elevation of a candlestick as SM Adam volume 49/58, with minor alterations
Right – Elevation of an urn ornamented with bands of acanthus leaves, a band of guilloche, and a lion mask bearing festoons. Above the mask there is a band of guilloche enclosing anthemia. The scrolled handles are formed from foliage and terminate in medallions, and the neck of the urn is ornamented with a band of guilloche
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Cups & Candlestick for The Duke of Roxburghe / -2 and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1775
c1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (593 x 444)
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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