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[17] Design for an epergne, 1773; it is not known if this design as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/108
Purpose
[17] Design for an epergne, 1773; it is not known if this design as executed
Aspect
Plan and elevation of an epergne, supported by four tapering and curved legs, ornamented with ram masks, rosettes, beading, crockets, anthemia, arabesques, and guilloche, and the top bowl has an apron of festoons, and is ornamented with fluting, beading, rosettes and a coat of arms, and has four oval concave projecting lips, and a central circular concave bowl
Scale
bar scale of 5 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Desert Dish for The Right Hon.ble H.F. Thynne
Signed and dated
- 1773
1773.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (294 x 431)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 36
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
The Classical Ideal: English Silver 1760-1840, Koopman Rare Art, London, 3 - 25 June 2010
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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