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Six Sconces

Print
1768
Artist/Maker
Lock, Matthias (designer)
Sayer, Robert (publisher)
Place of origin
London

Title plate with rococo ornament from Six Sconces by Matthias Lock.


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
TitleSix Sconces (suite title)
Materials and techniques
etching
Paper
Printing Ink
Etching
Brief description
Matthias Lock (after), title plate from 'Six Sconces', London, 1768.
Physical description
Title plate with rococo ornament from Six Sconces by Matthias Lock.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 26.5cm
  • Cut to width: 18.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
Top right: '1' Framed within image: SIX SCONCES/by/M: Lock/Price 12s. 6d. Below image: Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street. 1768.
Bibliographic references
  • (Berlin I) Berlin Staatliche Museen, Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 1225.
  • Heckscher, Morrison, 'Lock and Copland: A Catalogue of the Engraved Ornament', Furniture History, Vol. 15 (1979), pp. 1-23.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
2848:169

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O502066/six-sconces-print-lock-matthias/
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