Choice examples of art workmanship
A London publication of 1851 issued by Cundall & Addey and George Bell, assembled from the Royal Society of Arts collection and engraved by the Dalziel brothers under Charles Thurston Thompson, offering a showcase of decorative art objects. The engravings present covered cups, ewers and standing vessels in fine metalwork, drawn in clean line with shaded modelling, and a designer might take from them the silhouettes of lidded goblets, knopped stems and figural bases for ornamental forms.
