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Metalwork Design

1744
Artist/Maker
Vardy, John (maker)
Kent, William (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

A drawing of a gold mug with an end view of the handle. Profile, full size 142 x 148


Object details

Categories
Designs
Drawings
Silver
English
Silver Designs
Object type
Metalwork design
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on laid paper.
Brief description
A design for a gold mug by John Vardy (1718-1765), circa 1744
Physical description
A drawing of a gold mug with an end view of the handle. Profile, full size 142 x 148
Dimensions
  • Height: 179mm
  • Width: 244mm
Style
Neoclassical
Object history
Design for a gold mug. Bell shaped with a raised band of acanthus ornament around the body. Around the base of the body cereal ears. The handle formed as a pair of serpents. The cereal ears probably represent barley suggesting that this mug is associated with beer. This drawing was made for plate 29 in John Vardy Some designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent. 1744. It has been scored for transfer. It shows a gold mug designed by William Kent and made for Colonel James Pelham and is most probably copied from a drawing by Kent. A gold cup to this design is not known to survive but a pair in silver to the same design but with different handles was made by George Wickes for Sir John Hanbury Williams in 1745-6.
Subjects depicted
Handles
Gold
Bibliographic reference
Kent, W. Some designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent... 1744. Plate 29. M. Snodin, 'Kent’s Metalwork Designs', pp.527- 547 fig 19.3, in Susan Weber (ed), William Kent, Designing Georgian Britain, 2013.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
9304:2

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Record createdJune 4, 2009
Record URL
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