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[20] Design for altering a tureen, 1779; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/136
Purpose
[20] Design for altering a tureen, 1779; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Elevation of a detail of a tripod tureen, with paw feet, acanthus leaf legs, and ornamented with lion masks, enclosed rosettes, festoons, a cable moulding wreath, rinceaux, sinuous arms, and the lid is ornamented with gadrooning and laurel leaves
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Sketch of a turine for the Duke of Northumberland / The black part is the alteration
Signed and dated
- 09/04/1779
Adelphi / 9t. April 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen, red pen and pencil on laid paper (255 x 328)
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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