Decanter Stand (1814): Art, History and Details

Decanter Stand (1814) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Paul Storr (British, 1771–1844); Rundell, Bridge and Rundell (British, 1797–1834).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Decanter stands served as coasters for glass wine bottles in order to protect the extremely expensive and fragile linen tablecloths they sat upon. This example contains depictions of large grape vines and youthful figures that evoke the Roman god of wine, Bacchus (or Dionysus in Greek mythology). One of the young boys grasps an empty drinking vessel while the other leans against a panther, the frequent companion of Bacchus.

Object facts

• Title: Decanter Stand
• Date: 1814
• Creator attribution: Paul Storr (British, 1771–1844); Rundell, Bridge and Rundell (British, 1797–1834)
• Culture: England, London
• Type: Silver
• Technique: silver
• Dimensions: Diameter: 8.5 x 13.7 cm (3 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1941.599

A detail from the museum

Bacchanal motifs of grapes and consumption echo this object’s function as a stand for a wine decanter.

Collection credit

Gift of Mrs. Otto Miller

Further reading listed by the museum

• Foote, Helen S. "Paul De Lamerie and Paul Storr, English Silversmiths." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 29, no. 8 (October 1942): 121-23.

View the collection record

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