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Tureen
Paul Storr1812
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Silver fulfilled a prominent role in projecting wealth, status, power, and ritual in British life during the 1600s and 1700s. Elaborate forms such as this tureen, with its acanthus leaves and fluted detailing, not only represented wealth in its sheer silver weight but also provided royal and aristocratic owners a surface for displaying engraved coats of arms. The arms of the High Sheriff of Yorkshire, Timothy Hutton and his wife Elizabeth Chaytor of Spennithorne Hall in northern England are engraved on this tureen by Paul Storr, one of the most prominent London silversmiths of the period.
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- Title: Tureen
- Creator: Paul Storr (British, 1771–1844)
- Date Created: 1812
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 35.2 x 43.2 cm (13 7/8 x 17 in.)
- Provenance: Thomas F. Grasselli [1907-1970] Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Silver
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.242.a
- Medium: silver
- Inscriptions: coat of arms: Hutton impaling Chaytor; crest: Hutton. (Arms of Timothy Hutton (1729-1864) of Marske and Clifton Castle, Yorkshire, and his wife Elizabeth Chaytor of Spennithorne Hall, who were married in 1804.)
- Fun Fact: This tureen is accompanied by a cover and stand. See cover record.
- Department: Decorative Art and Design
- Culture: England, London, 19th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Thomas F. Grasselli in memory of Thomas S. and Emilie S. Grasselli
- Collection: Decorative Arts
- Accession Number: 1968.242.a
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