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Metalwork Design

1780
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A drawing of a silver open work stand, probably for a salt or sugar basin with a glass liner. Profile, probably full size 106 x 148 mm.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and pink wash on laid paper
Brief description
A design for a silver open work stand, probably for a salt or sugar basin with a glass liner by an anonymous draughtsman, c. 1780
Physical description
A drawing of a silver open work stand, probably for a salt or sugar basin with a glass liner. Profile, probably full size 106 x 148 mm.
Dimensions
  • Height: 186mm
  • Width: 226mm
Style
Object history
Curved legs with goats’ feet, connected by gadrooned strips. Probably made to contain a glass liner, probably for a salt or sugar basin. The pink wash may indicate gilding. For similar goats’ feet see a sugar basin by Andrew Fogelberg of 1777 in the V&A Museum (M.47&A-1960). The paper is dirty, oil-stained design and spark marked suggesting it has been in a workshop. Design number 8892 is also coloured in pink wash and executed in similar style. Bought from the dealer Edwin Parsons & Sons on the 11th April 1883 together with 51 other drawings mainly for goldsmiths’ work.
Collection
Accession number
9052:19

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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