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  • image SM Adam volume 18/52

Reference number

SM Adam volume 18/52

Purpose

[15] Preliminary design for an epergne, 1773; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Rough plan, and alternative elevations for a circular epergne, shown in the plan with four lips around the edge, and shown in one of the elevations with crockets around the edge, and supported in one elevation by animals, and in the other by tripods ornamented with anthemia and ram masks, and each elevation has an apron of festoons

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

[ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ] for Mr Thynne (in pencil)

Signed and dated

  • 1773
    datable to 1773

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (327 x 288)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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

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