Teapot

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Silver, Room 67, The Whiteley Galleries

Artist/Maker	Storr, Paul (maker)
Place of origin	London (made)

Silver, compressed spherical body, domed lid with cast acorn finial. Curving spout with applied acanthus terminal. Carved ivory handle with scrolling thumbpiece set into acanthus foliage at the junction with the shoulder; moulded foot rim. The base stamped with the patent number 132 and inscribed Storr and Mortimer. A peacock crest is engraved on one side of the body.

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Categories	Metalwork Tea, Coffee & Chocolate Wares
Object type	Teapot
Materials and techniques	Silver, raised with ivory handle and cast acorn finial. Silver Ivory Raising Casting Carving Engraving (Incising)
Brief description	Silver, ivory handle, London hallmarks for 1833-34, mark of Paul Storr for Storr and Mortimer.
Physical description	Silver, compressed spherical body, domed lid with cast acorn finial. Curving spout with applied acanthus terminal. Carved ivory handle with scrolling thumbpiece set into acanthus foliage at the junction with the shoulder; moulded foot rim. The base stamped with the patent number 132 and inscribed Storr and Mortimer. A peacock crest is engraved on one side of the body.
Dimensions	Height: 13cm Length: 28.6cm Width: 17.2cm
Marks and inscriptions	On base: Maker, PS - Paul Storr, leopard, date, duty, sterling plus stamped with the patent no. 132 and inscribed Storr & Mortimer; Finial: maker, duty, sterling; Lid: date, sterling Crest: peacock on coronet Engraved with a peacock crest on one side of the body. (Unidentified)
Credit line	Bequeathed by Sir Ralph Vincent
Object history	Acquisition RF: 78 / 689 Bequest - Sir Ralph Vincent per Simpson Millar 101 Borough High Street, SE1 Made and retailed by Storr & Mortimer who had a shop in the fashionable West End. cf. M 242 - 1984 and M12-1974
Subjects depicted	Acanthus Crests
Bibliographic reference	Check: Piranesi
Collection	Metalwork Collection
Accession number	M.122-1978

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Record created	March 3, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O94598/teapot-storr-paul/

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