Sauce Tureen and Cover from the Hood Service
Paul Storr
1807/08
Medium
Sterling silver
Dimensions
17.2 × 22.6 × 13.2 cm (6 3/4 × 8 7/8 × 5 3/16 in.)
Classification
silver
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
111154
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...