Of oval shape with bellied sides, the lower parts fluted and raised on 4 triform acanthus leaf scrolls with lion's paw feet. The ends with fluted upturned looped handles, each with a central shell flanked by scrolls, the ends of which emerge from the top of a lion's head. The rims with a gadroon, shell and leaf border. The moulded and slightly domed covers with a band of straight fluting and the tops with detachable cast handles; these formed as chased oval leafy discs with central petalled flowers supporting two lion's heads and partly fluted loops with central leaf clasps.
The covers engraved with the motto and badge of the Order of the Bath beneath a Baron's coronet, the motto enclosing an eagle with wings displayed. The opposite side with an Imperial crown above a belted royal motto enclosing a lion statant upon a crown. The bodies engraved with Royal arms on one side and the order of the Bath on the other.
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At over 40 oz each it is easy to see why Paul Storr is so collectable. It is not only the weight but also the sheer quality and design that make these tureens so wonderful. A number of examples of this part fluted type have rather unsatisfactory pad feet in the shape of square blocks but these have the more dramatic and powerful lion's paws that continue the leonine theme used to such effect in the handles. Again the use of lions is in keeping with Britain's status as one of the most (if not the most) powerful nations on earth at that time. Wellington had returned from a successful campaign on the Iberian peninsular and the historic battle of Waterloo was only months away.