Warwick Vase
Paul Storr
1823–24
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
23.5 × 36.2 × 26.7 cm (9 1/4 × 14 1/4 × 10 1/2 in.) Wt.: 9 lb. 10 oz.
Classification
vase
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
55512
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...