Terms and conditions of use
Cup and cover
1806-1807
- Medium
- silver-gilt
- Measurements
- (a-b) 35.4 × 40.0 × 27.5 cm (overall)
- Place/s of Execution
- London, England
- Inscription
- (a) punched inside base u.r.: P.S
punched (diagonally) inside base u.r.: (lion passant) (crowned leopard's head) L (king's head)
(b) punched (vertically) in top of lid c.: (king's head) / (lion passant)
punched (vertically) in inside of lid c.: P.S / (lion passant) - Accession Number
- 3315.a-b-D3
- Department
- International Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1932
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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A Classical vase form is here translated into the luxurious medium of silver-gilt by Paul Storr, one of the foremost English silversmiths to work in a Neoclassical style. Such grand silver pieces were typical of the robust classicism of the Greek-revival style in the early nineteenth century and were intended primarily for display. The Classical decoration on this vessel – acanthus leaves around the base of the bowl and on the cover, a leaf and floral frieze around the rim, and masks where the handles join the bowl – is largely architectural in inspiration.
