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[24] Design for the lid of a tureen, 1779; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/135
Purpose
[24] Design for the lid of a tureen, 1779; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Elevation of a lid for a tureen, with an oval handle, and ornamented with waterleaf, festoons, a band of laurel leaves bound by ribbons, enclosed poppies, and rosettes enclosed within figure-of-eight ribbons
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Design of a Cover for His Grace The Duke of Northumberland
Signed and dated
- 04/03/1779
Adelphi / 4t. March 1779.
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (361 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
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