Cup
Paul Storr (1771-1844)
Category
Silver
Date
1795 - 1796
Materials
Silver-gilt, sterling
Measurements
37.3 x 24.9 cm; 31.2 cm (Height); 28.9 cm (Height); 19.3 cm (Width); 10.4 cm (Width); 1787 g (Weight)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516451.1
Summary
A two-handled cup (without its cover), silver-gilt (sterling), mark of Paul Storr, London 1795/6. The ellipsoidal cup and its trumpet-shaped stem are raised, and stand on a square foot made of seamed sheet silver. Resting on the foot is a circular convex border of oak leaves, which supports the undecorated stem. The cup’s calyx is embossed and finely chased with a band of lanceolate leaves. Applied round the upper body are four festoons of graduating husks which drape either side of an engraved coat of arms and crest within leaf and ribbon mantling on one side, and, on the opposite side, the inscription: ‘Feby 19/ 1796/ from the Society/ for the propagation of the Gospel/ to/ John Brathwaite Esqr/ as a permanent mark of their Gratitude and Esteem/ for his attention in retrieving their Estates in Barbados/ and for paying to them the Sum of £12,769 cleared beyond the Rent/ which they consider as a Benefaction’. The two cast loop handles are reeded. Heraldry: The arms and crest are those of BRATHWAITE, for John Brathwaite Esq. (1722-1800). The finial on the cover, ‘out of a ducal coronet a mitre’, is the crest of the Diocese of Durham. Scratch weight: None Exhibitions: The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, and Victoria & Albert Museum, London: Cambridge Plate, An exhibition of silver, silver-gilt and gold plate arranged as part of the Cambridge Festival, 1975
Full description
See Master Object entry for further information
Provenance
John Brathwaite David Black of 1 Burlington Gardens, London W1, sold the cup to Lord Fairhaven on 11 February 1948 for £100, Invoice 1088 (Urban) Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Baron Fairhaven (1896-1966) bequeathed by Lord Fairhaven to the National Trust along with the house and the rest of the contents. National Trust
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, the Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
On the underside of the cup’s foot : Hallmarks: ‘PS’ (Paul Storr*), lion passant (sterling), ‘U’ (1795/6), monarch’s head (duty mark), and leopard’s head (London) *Arthur Grimwade: London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, London, 1990, p 162, no 2234 On the inside of the foot ring : Old NT Inventory Number: ‘AA/S/60’, in white paint
Makers and roles
Paul Storr (1771-1844), goldsmith