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Collection Online as of March 29, 2024
Cover for a Tureen
1812
fabricated by
(British, 1771–1844)
Overall: 35.2 x 43.2 cm (13 7/8 x 17 in.)
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This is a cover for a tureen. See cover record.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 cover, 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 the accompanying tureen and stand by Paul Storr, one of the most prominent London silversmiths of the period.- ?-1968Thomas F. Grasselli [1907-1970] Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art1968-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1968.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 56, no. 1 (January 1969) Reproduced: p. 19, pl. 25 www.jstor.org
- British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 23, 1994-January 8, 1995).Year in Review: 1968. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969).
- {{cite web|title=Cover for a Tureen|url=false|author=Paul Storr|year=1812|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1968.242.b