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Model of a shell and honeysuckle ornament for the attic of the Bank of England
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Model of a shell and honeysuckle ornament for the attic of the Bank of England
Plaster
Museum number: M141
On display: Basement East Corridor
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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This plaster is a full-scale model for one of the ornaments designed by John Soane for his Bank of England, inspired by antique precedents but here combining the contrasting wave forms of a solid shell and three pieces of honeysuckle foliage. The final version used at the Bank would have been carved in stone or marble from this model.
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