Metalwork Design
1840
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Design for a silver handle, by an anonymous English designer, C. 1840
A design for a silver handle shaped as a winged horse’s head attached to scrolling acanthus. Profile, probably shown more than full size.
A design for a silver handle shaped as a winged horse’s head attached to scrolling acanthus. Profile, probably shown more than full size.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Charcoal, white and black chalk on grey wove paper, backed by another piece of wove paper. |
| Brief description | Design for a silver handle, by an anonymous English designer, C. 1840 |
| Physical description | Design for a silver handle, by an anonymous English designer, C. 1840 A design for a silver handle shaped as a winged horse’s head attached to scrolling acanthus. Profile, probably shown more than full size. |
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| Object history | This drawing and 9274.2- 29 are or were all pasted into a stitched set of pages which have been incorporated into a modern museum binding and mounted out of chronological order. They date from c. 1820 to c. 1850 and may possibly originate from the same workshop. They were all bought from the dealer E. Parsons 17th June 1884 for 2 pounds and 10 shillings. |
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| Accession number | 9274:24 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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