Recto: Design for a Bottle with a Handle, Red chalk, pen and black ink on laid paper; verso: graphite, pen and black ink, Recto: The lower part of body of the bottle is shaped like a bowl. On its rim stand two swans, to whose necks the handle is fastened. Alternative suggestions are made for the pose of the necks. A crowned escutcheon is shown in the center of the bottle. Verso: above, a staircase, five sections of entablatures, with measurements, a plan of decorative motif, formed by an equilateral cross, and circles. Lower section at right, six projects, two sketches for frames or parts of frames, some with alternative suggestions., Italy, ca. 1600, metalwork, Drawing, Drawing
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Recto, Design, Bottle, Handle, Red chalk, pen, black ink, laid paper, verso, graphite, pen, black ink, Recto, lower part, body, bottle, shaped, bowl, rim stand two swans, necks, handle, fastened, Alternative suggestions, pose, necks, crowned escutcheon, shown, center, bottle, Verso, staircase, five sections, entablatures, measurements, plan, decorative motif, formed, equilateral cross, circles, Lower section, right, six projects, two sketches, frames, parts, frames, alternative suggestions, Italy, ca, 1600, metalwork, Drawing, Drawing
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