Stock No. 2649

Pair Paul Storr silver salts with blue glass liners

Maker :- Paul Storr

Extremely elegant pair of George III sterling silver salts of heavy gauge, with blue glass liners. London 1802 by Paul Storr. The salts have a very pleasing classical style. The oval body tapers to an oval foot which is set on a rectangular base. The rim of the salts, as well as the edge of the oval foot are decorated with a band of bold gadrooning. The scrolled handles are each capped by an acanthus leaf and each encloses a pendant silver ring. There is a band or reeding around the body of the salts from which springs the acanthus leaf decoration for the handles. The hallmarks are on one side of the rectangular base and are extremely crisp and clear. Part of the maker's mark is somewhat rubbed on one of the salts but is still very legible, while the maker's mark on the other salt is perfect.

Condition :- Excellent
Hallmarked :- London 1802
Size :- 2.3 inches (5.8cm) high x 5.25 inches (13.3cm) long x 2.9 inches (7.37cm) wide at top
Weight :- 11.54 ozt (359 g) without liners
These very fine salts would grace any dining table. The outstanding quality of Paul Storr's work has made him one of the most collectable of silversmiths. His reputation was built up on his mastery of the grandiose neo-Classical style developed in the Regency period. Paul Storr was born in 1771 and died in 1844. He was apprenticed to Andrew Fogelberg in around 1785 and retired an affluent man in 1838.

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