Pair of Paul Storr Sterling Silver 1809 Georgian Taureens / Covered Vegetables

Pair of Paul Storr Sterling Silver 1809 Georgian Taureens / Covered Vegetables:

Pair of Paul Storr Sterling Silver 1809 Georgian Taureens / Covered Vegetables. Pair of Paul Storr, English, sterling silver tureens or covered vegetable dishes, beautifully adorned with gadrooned rims, natural motifs, and a noble crest, from 1809 (George III era). They measure 14” from handle to handle (10 1/2” excluding the handles) by 11 1/2” in height (height of the stands are 4 3/4”). Total silver weight is 93 troy ounces; the stands and the liners are original Sheffield plate. Hallmarks are shown.Paul Storr (1770-1844) is considered the greatest English silversmith of the Regency era, and his beautifully ornate silver reflected the rapidly changing world in which he lived. Storr’s reputation rests on his mastery of the grandiose neo-Classical style developed in the Regency period. He quickly became the most prominent silversmith of the nineteenth century, producing much of the silver purchased by King George III and King George IV. Much of Storr’s success was due to the influence of Philip Rundell, of the popular silver retailing firm, Rundell, Bridge and Rundell. Rundell’s firm nearly monopolized the early nineteenth-century market for superior silver and obtained the Royal Warrant in 1806. This shrewd businessman realized the talent of Paul Storr and began pursuing him in 1803, however it was not until 1807 that Storr finally joined the firm. After many years of working for Rundell, Storr realized he had lost much of his artistic freedom and by 1819 he left the firm to open his own shop, turning his attention towards more naturalistic designs and soon began enjoying the patronage he desired. After only a few years of independence, Storr partnered with John Mortimer, founding Storr and Mortimer in 1822 on New Bond Street.Items from Storr’s workshops may be seen at Windsor Castle and during the summer opening season at Buckingham Palace. There are significant holdings of items in the National Silver Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum as well as in the Wellington Collection at Apsley House. Outside London there are important works at Brighton Pavilion, at the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle and at Woburn Abbey. In the United States there are holdings of Paul Storr at the Huntington Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, among others. “He is sometimes called the last of the goldsmiths,” according to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 2013, part of his Gladstone dinner service, sold for over 600,000 GBP at a Christie’s auction while a pair of his candelabra sold for more than 400,000 Euros at a Sotheby’s auction in 2022.

Condition
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