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Reference number

SM Adam volume 25/174

Purpose

Preliminary designs for four urns and a jug-shaped coffee pot, ND

Aspect

Elevation of five urns. Clockwise from upper left. 1) Elevation of an egg-shaped with two handles and with a central decorative band of ram skulls, masks and bellflower festoons. A fluted neck surmounts a band of bellflower and rosettes. The foot, containing bands of guilloche and petals, abuts a portion of acanthus leaves 2) Elevation of a jug with a decorative neck containing palmettes, strigils, and portrait medallions. A central figurative band containing a tripod, festoons and a peltoid shield surmounts bands of palmettes, fans containing bellflower and petals 3) Elevation of an egg-shaped urn with two handles and a lid surmounted by a flower, containing decorative bands of petals and palmettes 4) Elevation of an egg-shaped urn with two curved handles and a lid surmounted by a flower. A central decorative band containing a portrait medallion, festoons and arabesques is bordered by guilloche and petals. The foot is fluted with sphinxes and a band of swags 5) Elevation of an egg-shaped urn with two figurative handles and a lid surmounted by an oil lamp, containing bands of strigils, rosettes, petals and acanthus leaves above three whorl feet

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Essence Pot / Coffee Pot / 3 Kitchens(?) for Tea Tables

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (192x310)

Hand

probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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