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Tea and Coffee Service

1809-1810 (marked)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

In the early nineteenth century, tea services were usually limited to three pieces: teapot, cream jug, and sugar basin; however occasionally a coffeepot and tray were acquired in the same style. This service is remarkable as it contains nine pieces; the muffin dishes and the tea caddy are unusual additions. The only other large service known from this period was also by Paul Storr and was made for Earl Howe, it numbered thirteen original pieces and three later additions.

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.
On long-term loan to Los Angeles County Museum from 2010.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Jug
  • Stand and Burner
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Silver and ivory
Brief description
Silver and ivory, London hallmarks for 1809-10, mark of Paul Storr
Physical description
The coffee jug is on a circular stand with a triangular base, which has incurved sides and rests on three diminutive feet. The gadrooned, circular ring support for the jug is on three paw-and-scroll feet and has three pendant rings attached. The lower part of the jug and the handle are similar to those of the teapot. The jug has a tall, waisted neck with an applied band of ovolo ornament; the broad spout is chased with a palmette, and the domed cover terminates in a bud finial. The lamp beneath the jug is of shallow, circular form and is chased with a band of gadroons.
Dimensions
  • Both parts together height: 30.2cm
  • Weight: 1881g
  • Both parts together width: 18.4cm
  • Jug height: 22.3cm
  • Stand width: 17.4cm
  • Stand height: 11.2cm
Measured 03/01/24 IW
Marks and inscriptions
  • London hallmarks for 1809-10
  • Mark of Paul Storr
Credit line
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Object history
Provenance: Miss S.L.Somerville, sale, Sotheby's, October 19, 1961, lot 103. Lillian and Morrie A. Moss, Memphis, Tennessee. Purchased from David Orgell, Inc., Beverly Hills, 1976.
Subjects depicted
Summary
In the early nineteenth century, tea services were usually limited to three pieces: teapot, cream jug, and sugar basin; however occasionally a coffeepot and tray were acquired in the same style. This service is remarkable as it contains nine pieces; the muffin dishes and the tea caddy are unusual additions. The only other large service known from this period was also by Paul Storr and was made for Earl Howe, it numbered thirteen original pieces and three later additions.

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.
On long-term loan to Los Angeles County Museum from 2010.
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Schroder, Timothy. The Gilbert collection of gold and silver. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1988, cat. no. 98, pp. 371-75. ISBN.0875871445
  • Moss, Morrie A. The Lillian and Morrie A. Moss Collection of Paul Storr Silver. Miami: Roskin Book Productions, 1972, p. 114, pl. 53.
  • Williams, Elizabeth A. The Gilbert Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), 2010, fig. 10, p. 34. ISBN 9780875872100
  • Clark, Mark A., Paul Storr Silver in American Collections, Indianapolis ; Dayton, 1972 no.30
Other numbers
  • SG 70B - Arthur Gilbert Number
  • L.2010.9.29.2 - LACMA Loan Number 2010
  • SG 91
Collection
Accession number
LOAN:GILBERT.812:1-2008

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Record createdJune 26, 2008
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