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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 stand, with its 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 stand by Paul Storr, one of the most prominent London silversmiths of the period.
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Document identity
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143822
label
Stand for Covered Tureen
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
143822
contentType
object
title
Stand for Covered Tureen
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 stand, with its 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 stand by Paul Storr, one of the most prominent London silversmiths of the period.
date
1812
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60780905
creators
8523
genreSpecific
Silver
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 50.8 cm (20 in.)
cul
England, London, 19th century
accession
1968.242.c
Source extras
tec
silver
tombstone
Stand for Covered Tureen, 1812. Paul Storr (British, 1771–1844). Silver; overall: 50.8 cm (20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Thomas F. Grasselli in memory of Thomas S. and Emilie S. Grasselli, 1968.242.c
collection
Decorative Arts
didYouKnow
This is a stand for a tureen. See cover record.
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
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:23:07.023000
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143822
dept
Decorative Art and Design
coll
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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