Design
1983 (designed)
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Full scale presentation drawing showing elevations of two pepper mills and a standing salt inspired by the facade of the Victoria and Albert Museum designed by Sir Aston Webb.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Preliminary pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, chalk and kaolinite on thick grey paper |
| Brief description | Drawing by Jocelyn Burton, design for a standing salt and two pepper mills commissioned by Sir Roy Strong for the V&A, pencil, watercolour, bodycolour, chalk and kaolinite on thick grey paper, Great Britain, 1983 |
| Physical description | Full scale presentation drawing showing elevations of two pepper mills and a standing salt inspired by the facade of the Victoria and Albert Museum designed by Sir Aston Webb. |
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| Credit line | Commissioned for the Victoria and Albert Museum by Sir Roy Strong. Given by the Collection of Metalwork. |
| Object history | This design for a standing salt, commissioned by Sir Roy Strong for the Victoria and Albert Museum, was never realised. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990 |
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| Accession number | E.1979-1990 |
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| Record created | February 23, 2009 |
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