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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.

Level

Drawing

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