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  • image SM D3/14/28

Reference number

SM D3/14/28

Purpose

Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14

Aspect

[39] Half-plan and elevation of an octagonal turret finial that is bell shaped with slim, lotus-like leaves (or an inverted cupped patera) crowned by a shallow acanthus vase holding a pyramid of spherical fruit

Scale

1 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 1813-14

Medium and dimensions

Pen, burnt umber wash, pencil on laid paper (380 x 300)

Hand

Dance

Notes

This was previously filed as an unidentified design but is clearly related to [SM D2/4/6]: the finial here resembles a bonbon dish while [SM /D2/4/6] looks something like a petalled stem glass balancing an eggcup and a Christmas tree bauble. Full-size detail [SM D2/2/29] relates closely to the pyramid of fruit.

For an ice cream sundae-like termination, see gate and twin lodge houses on the London road, Stratton Park, Hampshire ([SM D1/2/1]).

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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