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Source Description
Silver fulfilled a prominent role in projecting wealth, status, power, and ritual in British life during the 1600s and 1700s. Elaborate forms such as this tureen, with its lionhead finials, acanthus leaves, and fluted detailing, not only represented wealth in its sheer silver weight but also provided royal and aristocratic owners a surface for displaying engraved coats of arms. The arms of the High Sheriff of Yorkshire, Timothy Hutton and his wife Elizabeth Chaytor of Spennithorne Hall in northern England are engraved on this tureen and stand by Paul Storr, one of the most prominent London silversmiths of the period.
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Document identity
localId
143819
label
Covered Tureen on Stand
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
143819
contentType
object
title
Covered Tureen on Stand
description
Silver fulfilled a prominent role in projecting wealth, status, power, and ritual in British life during the 1600s and 1700s. Elaborate forms such as this tureen, with its lionhead finials, acanthus leaves, and fluted detailing, not only represented wealth in its sheer silver weight but also provided royal and aristocratic owners a surface for displaying engraved coats of arms. The arms of the High Sheriff of Yorkshire, Timothy Hutton and his wife Elizabeth Chaytor of Spennithorne Hall in northern England are engraved on this tureen and stand by Paul Storr, one of the most prominent London silversmiths of the period.
date
1812
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60781092
creators
8523
genreSpecific
Silver
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 35.2 x 43.2 cm (13 7/8 x 17 in.)
cul
England, London, 19th century
accession
1968.242
Source extras
tec
silver
tombstone
Covered Tureen on Stand, 1812. Paul Storr (British, 1771–1844). Silver; overall: 35.2 x 43.2 cm (13 7/8 x 17 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Thomas F. Grasselli in memory of Thomas S. and Emilie S. Grasselli, 1968.242
collection
Decorative Arts
inscriptions
inscription
Coat of arms: Hutton impaling Chaytor; crest: Hutton. (Arms of Timothy Hutton (1779-1863) of Marske and Clifton Castle, Yorkshire, and his wife Elizabeth Chaytor of Spennithorne Hall, who were married in 1804.)
didYouKnow
While the word “tureen” was derived from the Latin word <em>terrine</em>, the name has also long been associated with the Marshal of France, Vicomte de Turenne (1611–1675), who according to legend once drank soup from his helmet.
citations
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1968.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 56, no. 1 (January 1969)
page_number
Reproduced: p. 19, pl. 25
creditline
Gift of Thomas F. Grasselli in memory of Thomas S. and Emilie S. Grasselli
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2026-05-29 07:23:04.023000
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143819
dept
Decorative Art and Design
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Decorative Arts
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silver
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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