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[19] Design for altering a tureen, 1779; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/133
Purpose
[19] Design for altering a tureen, 1779; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Elevation of a tripod tureen, with acanthus leaf legs, surmounted by lion masks, and with a base rail ornamented with enclosed calyx and flowers, with a gadrooned body ornamented with festoons, and acanthus leaf handles, and with a top rail of reed and ribbon, and a gadrooned lid
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Present Turine belonging to the Duke of Northumberland
Signed and dated
- 04/03/1779
Adelphi / 4t. March 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen, red pen and pencil on laid paper (442 x 297)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 42
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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