Design for a Salt or Pepper Cellar, Giovacchino Belli, Italian, 1756 - 1822, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray, blue wash, graphite on paper, Vertical rectangle. Design for a salt or pepper cellar intended to be executed in silver with a green-blue glass bowl. The design corresponds to that of 1938-88-649 with vine instead of blossom festoons: below is a circular base with a part of a sphere in the center. The supports are four scroll legs, fluted in the lower parts of the front and fastened together by a ring with rosettes. Above are Medusa masks which are connected by festoons, upon the bowl. The rim has a wave ornament. A flat sphere cover is sketched in graphite., Rome, Italy, ca. 1800, tableware designs, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Salt, Pepper Cellar, Giovacchino Belli, Italian, 1756 - 1822, Pen, brown ink, brush, gray, blue wash, graphite, paper, Vertical rectangle, Design, salt, pepper cellar intended, executed, silver, green-blue glass bowl, design corresponds, 1938-88-649, vine, blossom festoons, circular base, part, sphere, center, supports, four scroll legs, fluted, lower parts, front, fastened together, ring, rosettes, Medusa masks, connected, festoons, upon, bowl, rim, wave ornament, flat sphere cover, sketched, graphite, Rome, Italy, ca, 1800, tableware designs, Drawing, Drawing
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