Tea and coffee service
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- Artist/Maker:
Storr, Paul, born 1771 - died 1844 (maker)
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- Credit Line:
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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- Image in copyright
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.
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.
Place of Origin
London, England (made)
Date
1809-1810 (marked)
Artist/maker
Storr, Paul, born 1771 - died 1844 (maker)
Materials and Techniques
Silver and ivory
Marks and inscriptions
London hallmarks for 1809-10
Mark of Paul Storr
Dimensions
Height: 30.2 cm, Weight: 1881 g
Object history note
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.
Descriptive line
Silver and ivory, London hallmarks for 1809-10, mark of Paul Storr
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
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
Exhibition History
Paul Storr Silver in American Collections (Dayton Art Institute 01/01/1972-31/12/1972)
Materials
Silver
Techniques
Chasing
Subjects depicted
Gadroons; Palmette; Ovolo moldings
Categories
Tea, Coffee & Chocolate wares; Drinking; Metalwork
Collection code
MET
