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[54] Design for a clock encasement, c1778, not known to have been executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/36
Purpose
[54] Design for a clock encasement, c1778, not known to have been executed
Aspect
Elevation of a clock case, with ball feet and a pedestal base. This is formed with pilasters ornamented with paterae, ram masks and a frieze of fluting, which flank the reclining figure of Time, draped and bearing a scythe. Above this there is the clock face, which is flanked by merfolk supporting festoons, and with swags and rosettes above. The case is surmounted by an urn, ornamented with a band of guilloche, masks and husks
To the right - An unwashed design for the profile of the clock case
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Watch Case for Lady Bathurst
Signed and dated
- c1778
c1778
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow on laid paper (216 x 251)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Verso
Preliminary design (pencil), for a watch case?
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
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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