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Metalwork Design

1835- 1850
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing of a silver ewer by an anonymous draughtsman, circa 1835- 1850
Profile. Shown less than full size.
A design for a silver display ever in form of a baroque vase with spout. By the spout a triton handle and on the spout a mask. On the body a frieze of fighting centaurs. The foot formed as four dolphins.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil on wove paper, pasted to a paper mount
Brief description
A design for a silver ewer by an anonymous draughtsman, circa 1835- 1850
Physical description
Drawing of a silver ewer by an anonymous draughtsman, circa 1835- 1850
Profile. Shown less than full size.
A design for a silver display ever in form of a baroque vase with spout. By the spout a triton handle and on the spout a mask. On the body a frieze of fighting centaurs. The foot formed as four dolphins.
Dimensions
  • Height: 195mm
  • Width: 98mm
Style
Object history
Vases of this type were inspired by a set of prints of vases after Polidoro da Caravaggio engraved by Cherubino Alberti after decorations by Polidoro da Caravaggio, first published in 1582 and repeatedly copied since. The body shape of this vase may have been inspired by plate 6 from the original set. The central frieze may have been inspired by plate 4 of the same set which has a frieze of fighting tritons and sea centaurs.
Bought from the dealer Robert Jackson in 1885.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Elizabeth Miller, Ornament Prints in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1999. Cat. 69.
Collection
Accession number
D.2197-1885

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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