Hot water jug
Paul Storr
1807–8
Medium
Silver, wood
Dimensions
Overall: 11 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (29.8 × 16.5 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Silver
Culture
British, London
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John C. Weber, 1979
Accession Number
1979.495.1a–c
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...