Ascot Cup
Paul Storr
1825/26
Medium
Silver gilt with cast, applied, and chased decoration
Dimensions
27.3 × 29.9 cm (10 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.)
Classification
drinking vessel
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
55515
About the Artist
Paul Storr · 1771–1844
Paul Storr (baptized 28 October 1770, London – 18 March 1844, London) was England's preeminent silversmith of the Regency era, renowned for his masterful neoclassical designs that graced royal tables and aristocratic homes. Born to Thomas Storr, a silver-chaser who later became an innkeeper in Westminster, young Paul began his training around 1785 as an apprentice to the Swedish silversmith Andrew...