Drawing, Design for a Set of Silver Tableware, 1815–30 (CH 18547045)

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Drawing, Design for a Set of Silver Tableware, 1815–30 (CH 18547045)

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A hand bell. the lower part of the handle is shaped like a lyre. Marked, as all the letters, in pencil: "Q." A glass in a lower frame, "L." A cup shown sidewise; laurel staffs are the decoration; "N." A tureen topped by a putto with a bird in a sphere. The handles consist of angular bands, Medusae, plant motifs; "A." An egg cup consisting of a bowl carried by Atlas; "G." A sugar spoon; "I." A sugar bowl; the handles are like those of the tureen; "H." Another sugar spoon with a larger bowl; "I." A candlestick with a burning candle; a Medusa forms the handle; "P." Second row, laterally: two glass bottles in low frames; "K." Third row: a knife, a spoon, a fork; "O." A candlestick: a boy with a snake standing on a sphere raises with the left hand a cup with a burning candle; round pedestal; "R." A pitcher shown sidewise. A goat forms the handle, a merchild blowing a shell, the spout; "D." A circular plate; "B." A pitcher facing the other; the same spout; a dog forming the handle; "C." A candlestick symmetrical to the other; "R." Again "O." in opposite order. Bottom center; sugar tongs; "J." A bowl; handles of those as the tureen; A bird is shown at the top center; "E." A spoon; "F." Below the bird is circular base; "M."

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1815
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Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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