Design for a silver cruet set
- Place of origin:
England
- Date:
1802
- Artist/Maker:
Jean-Jacques Boileau, active 1787 and died after 1851 (designer and maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Pencil, pen and black and grey ink and grey and blue washes. On wove paper. Laid down on card.
- Museum number:
8390:22
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case M, shelf 120, box A
Physical description
Design for a silver cruet set, Profile, probably full size 225 x 329. Two ewers and one central pot. On the upper part an alternative showing a piecrced cover and a broad opening. A ladle resting on the lower left side.
Place of Origin
England
Date
1802
Artist/maker
Jean-Jacques Boileau, active 1787 and died after 1851 (designer and maker)
Materials and Techniques
Pencil, pen and black and grey ink and grey and blue washes. On wove paper. Laid down on card.
Dimensions
Height: 385 mm, Width: 570 mm
Object history note
This design contains decorative elements of classical inspiration that Jean Jacques Boileau often combines in designs for silver.
This and the other drawings by J. J. Boileau and his school were probably in the collection of A. C. Pugin and sold at Mr Wheatley’s rooms,4th June 1843, lot 469, Boileau’s (J.) “Series of drawings appropriated to the gold and silversmiths”, bought by Williams for 3 shillings.
The containers appear to be in glass mounted in silver.
This design is signed and dated and inscribed “Boileau del” “avrill. le 20 _1802"
Descriptive line
Design for a silver cruet set, by Jean Jacques Boileau (active 1787 and died after 1851) c. 1802
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Snodin, Connoisseur, J. J. Boileau A Forgotten Designer of Silver, page 124 to 133.
S. Jervis, Penguin Dictionary of Design and Designers, Penguin Books 1984
Subjects depicted
Lion; Dining
Categories
Silver; Designs; English; Drawings; Silver Designs
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
