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[21] Design for a tureen, 1779; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/134
Purpose
[21] Design for a tureen, 1779; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Elevation of a tureen, with a socle base ornamented with anthemia enclosed within scrolled hearts, and unlobed acanthus leaves, and with a body ornamented with enclosed rosettes, festoons of bell flowers, and sinuous handles, and with a lid ornamented with gadrooning
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Design of a Turine for His Grace / The Duke of Northumberland
Signed and dated
- 04/03/1779
Adelphi / 4t. March 1779.
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (362 x 258)
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
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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