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Replica of the Warwick Vase

Vase
1814-15 (hallmarked)
Artist/Maker
Storr, Paul (maker)
Place of origin
London (assayed)

Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.


Object details

Categories
Containers
Grand Tour
Object type
Vase
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Plinth
  • Vase
TitleReplica of the Warwick Vase
Materials and techniques
silver-gilt; raised, chased, cast, applied, engraved
Silver-Gilt
Raising
Casting
Engraving (Incising)
Gilding
Brief description
Replica Warwick vase, silver-gilt, Paul Storr, 1814.
Physical description
Two handled vase of shallow 'Kantharos' form, chased with foliage below and masks, lion pelts, spears and clubs above, standing on a square plinth resting on four diminutive fluted feet and engraved with a coat of arms twice and Latin inscription.
Dimensions
  • Height: 45.2cm
  • Weight: 8777g
Marks and inscriptions
  • London hallmark and date letter for 1814-1815 (marked on vase and plinth)
  • Sterling standard mark (marked on vase and plinth)
  • mark Paul Storr (marked on vase and plinth)
  • JACOBO McGRIGOR EQUITI M.D./COLL. REG. MED. EDIN. SOC./SOCIET. REG. EDIN. SOD./ Noscomiorum Regalium Inspectori Generali/ VIRO ADMODUM INSIGNITO/ SIVE ACUMEN INGENII NATIVUM RESPICIAS/ SIVE STRENUAM ILLAM ATQUE INDEFESSAM/ MUNERIBUS INSPECTORIIS NAVATAM OPERAM;/ IN QUIBUS APUD LUSITANIAM, HISPANIAM, GALLIAM/ LONGE LATEQUE FUNGENDIS/ Non Bono solum Publico cum integritate prope singulari/ VERUMETIAM SOCIIS SUIS COOPERANTIBUS/ COMITATE QUADAM ET BENIGNITATE PROPRIA/ NUNQUAM NON CONSULERIT; (Engraved on plinth alternating with coat-of-arms)
    Translation
    To James Mc Grigor, Knight, Doctor of Medicine, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and Inspector General of the Royal Hospitals; a wholly distinguished man whether you consider the sharpness of his mind or the enormous and unflaggin effort he put into his duties as inspector, when performing these duties far and wide, in Portugal, Spain, and France, he would never fail to attend not only to the public with singular integrity but also to his fellow workers with a distinct friendliness and a kindness that was all his own
  • CUI DENIQUE SACROS HYGEIAE FONTES APERIRE/ ATQUE ARTIS MEDENDI DIVINAE STUDIA/ Vim aemulam ingenuas apud Scientias eliciendo/ PROMOVERE FELICITER OMNINO CONTIGERIT;/ HOCCE MONUMENTUM, QUALE, QUALE PIGNUS!/ SUMMAE IN DUCEM SUUM DIGNISSIMUM/ OBSERVANTIAE/ SACRUM AC PERENNE VULT/ STATUS MAJOR NOSOCOMIENSIS/ WELLINGTONIANUS/ ANNO DOM. 1814 (Engraved on plinth alternating with coat-of-arms)
    Translation
    to the man who had every success in opening up the sacred springs of Hygeia and in advancing the studies of the divine art of healing by arousing a zealous energy for the noble sciences. The General Hospital Staff of [the duke of] Wellington intends this monument - ah, what a token of esteem! - both sacred and eternal to his outstanding devotion to his most worthy commander
  • Arms of Mc Grigor quartering Grant, for Sir James Mc Grigor, M.D. (1771-1858) (Engraved on plinth alternating with coat-of-arms)
Credit line
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Object history
Provenance: Sir James Mc Grigor. By descent to Sir Charles Mc Grigor, sale, Christie's, lot 98, April 26, 1967.
Subjects depicted
Classicism
Clover-Leaves
Coats of Arms
Vine-Leaves
Gadrooning
Bacchus
Silenus
Ariadne
Summary
Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.
Bibliographic references
  • Hillier, Bevis. 'The Gilbert Collection of Silver'. The Connoisseur, June 1976, vol. 192, no.772, p. 121.
  • Schroder, Timothy. The Gilbert collection of gold and silver. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1988, cat. no. 107, pp. 402-409. ISBN.0875871445
  • Penzer, N. M. 'The Warwick Vase' (Parts I, II, III). Apollo. Vol. 62 - Part I: The Warwick Vase, pp. 183-88; Vol. 63 - Part II: The Warwick Vase, pp. 18-22; Vol. 63 - Part III: Copies of the Warwick Vase, pp. 71-75.
  • Jones, William Ezelle, Monumental Silver: Selections from the Gilbert Collection. Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1977 no.28
  • Gilbert, Arthur. Monumental Silver: The Gilbert Collection, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1974 no.16
Other numbers
  • SG 2 - Arthur Gilbert Number
  • SG 91
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
LOAN:GILBERT.829:2-2008

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Record createdJune 26, 2008
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