Metalwork Design
1805
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Design for a silver soup tureen with burner on stand, Profile, probably full size 139 x 200. The finial is formed as husk. The body supported by winged female demi figures with lions legs. Circular drop handles on a plain cross shaped stand.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil, pen and grey and black ink and grey wash. On wove paper. Laid down on card. |
| Brief description | Design for a silver tureen with a burner on stand, by Jean Jacques Boileau (active 1787 and died after 1851) circa 1805 |
| Physical description | Design for a silver soup tureen with burner on stand, Profile, probably full size 139 x 200. The finial is formed as husk. The body supported by winged female demi figures with lions legs. Circular drop handles on a plain cross shaped stand. |
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| Object history | Very similar feet appear on a hot water tea urn designed by Boileau, marked Digby Scott and Benjamy Smith 1805-6 (Snodin p. 124). The shape of the lid might suggest a very liquid content that is prone to evaporation. The body presents some suggested modifications in pencil. 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. |
| Bibliographic reference | 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 |
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| Accession number | 8431:3 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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