Design for a Set of Silver Tableware, Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over graphite on off-white laid paper, 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.', Rome, Italy, 1815–30, tableware designs, Drawing, Drawing
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