Wine Cooler and Plinth
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The plinth displays the names of donors who funded the presentation of this vase to the theatre manager Benjamin Lumley after his first season at Her Majesty's Theatre. On the base of the vase is incised "No.5 Published as the Act Directs by Storr and Mortimer 156 New Bond Street London May 24th 1838." John Hunt, who made the plinth, went into partnership with Storr and Mortimer before retired in 1838. The later partnership of Hunt & Roskell were still making variations of this "antique" vase in the 1860s.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silver gilt, raised, applied ornament. |
| Brief description | Silver-gilt, London hallmarks for 1837-8, mark of Paul Storr (vase), London hallmarks for 1845-6, mark of John Hunt (plinth). |
| Physical description | Vase, silver-gilt repoussé around the middle with a bacchanalian procession and further ornamented with bands of egg and dart mouldings, fluting and festoons. It has divided scroll handles, at the bases of which are demi-figures of sirens. The vase rests of a square silver-gilt base (later). |
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| Gallery label | WINE COOLER
Silver-gilt, copper liner
London , 1837 (vase), 1845-6 (plinth)
Mark of Paul Storr (vase) and John Hunt (plinth)
Inscribed: "HOMMAGE A MONSIEUR B LUMLEY PAR LES ARTISTES DU THEATRE DE SA MAJESTE, EN COMMEMORATION DE L'HEREUX EVENEMENT QUI ASSURE A CE THEATRE LA CONTINUATION DE SA BIENVEILLANTE ET JUSTE ADMINISTRATION 18 JUILLET 1845"
The plinth displays the names of donors who funded the presentation of this vase to the theatre manager Benjamin Lumley after his first season at Her Majesty's Theatre. On the base of the vase is incised "No.5 Published as the Act Dirests by Storr and Mortimer 156 New Bond Street London May 24th 1838." John Hunt, who made the plinth, went into partnership with Storr and Mortimer before retired in 1838. The later partnershuip of Hunt & Roskell were still making variations of this antique vase in the 1860s.
Grace Lumley Bequest
1778:1-3 and A-1888(2002) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Grace Lumley |
| Object history | Bequest - Miss Grace Lumley Date letter b = 29th May - 20th June 1837; PLINTH: above base: maker ISH fo John Hunt, leopard, date (1845-6), duty, sterling. Decoration around middle of vase - bacchanalian procession & further ornamented with bands of egg-and-dart mouldings, flutings & festoons. It has divided scroll handles, at bases of which are demi-figures of Sarsans The plinth displays the names of donors to the fund to present this vase to Lumley after his first season at Her Majesty's Theatre. On the base of the vase is incised, 'No 5 Published as the Act Directs by Storr and Mortimer 156 New Bond St London May 24th 1838'. John Hunt, who made the plinth, went into partnership with Storr and Mortimer, before Storr retired in 1838. |
| Summary | The plinth displays the names of donors who funded the presentation of this vase to the theatre manager Benjamin Lumley after his first season at Her Majesty's Theatre. On the base of the vase is incised "No.5 Published as the Act Directs by Storr and Mortimer 156 New Bond Street London May 24th 1838." John Hunt, who made the plinth, went into partnership with Storr and Mortimer before retired in 1838. The later partnership of Hunt & Roskell were still making variations of this "antique" vase in the 1860s. |
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| Accession number | 1778:1 to3&A-1888 |
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| Record created | March 3, 2004 |
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