Drawing
c 1865 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
Design for a coffee pot: designer has used pattern based on 16c grotesque ornament.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil drawing on paper. |
| Brief description | Drawing of a design for a coffee pot by an anonymous draughtsman. C. 1865. |
| Physical description | Design for a coffee pot: designer has used pattern based on 16c grotesque ornament. |
| Gallery label | Anonymous draughtsman
Design for a coffee pot. About 1865
Pencil
This design comes from a large group of
sheets each of which is drawn in the same
technique, one side of each design being off
set from a pencil drawing on the other. They
reflect a search for new vessel forms, and a
new fashion in the 1860s for reviing the late
eighteenth century technique of 'bright cut'
engraving. Here, however, the designer has
used a pattern based on sixteenth century
grotesque ornament. The dominance of the
ornament suggests that the drawings may not
be designs for the vessels themselves but for
the engraving on them. The anonymous
designer was probably working for a large
silver manufacturer.
9076.N |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 9076N |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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