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Reference number
SM D1/12/19
Purpose
Coleorton, Leicestershire, 1802-08
Aspect
[141] Details of cellar door hinges
Scale
full size
Inscribed
No.2 of these Stones for the Hooks / for Hinges / the Stones to go 12 ins. into Wall, One Stone for Lock / 12 Ins. high & to go / 12 Ins. into the Wall and Part of Oak door (twice), (verso, Dance) Iron hooks / Cellar Doors (office) Plan of Stone for Hooks / to hang door on / Cellars
Signed and dated
- 1802-08
Medium and dimensions
Pen, raw umber, sepia and pink washes, pencil, partly pricked for transfer on laid paper (680 x 480)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
D & C Blauw and fleur-de-lis in crowned cartouche and WR below
Notes
Stone blocks, let into the cellar walls, secure the hinges and lock of the oak door.
It is very likely that the carefully devised door, to what must have been an excellent wine cellar, was executed though it is not there now (1999). The whitewashed brick partitions and shelves for wine are intact.
It is very likely that the carefully devised door, to what must have been an excellent wine cellar, was executed though it is not there now (1999). The whitewashed brick partitions and shelves for wine are intact.
Level
Drawing
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