Hartman Rare Art, Inc.
A family-owned business since 1927
For over 77 years, the Hartman Family and our associates have consistently worked to provide quality antique merchandise to our customers at competitive prices. Should you have any questions about the pieces we feature on this website or if you would like to inquire further about a specific item, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Our gallery is located in midtown Manhattan and easily accessible on the second floor. Please note the entrance to the building is on 53rd Street between Park and Madison Avenues. We are open to the public Monday to Friday from 10:00AM until 4:30PM.
Paul Storr is a well known silversmith who worked in London during the late 1700s into the early 1800s. During this time period, the decorative and functional styles represented in silver were developing out of the simplified designs of the Early Georgian Period.
Paul Storr is highly acclaimed for the items he designed and made in the Regency Style. The Regency Style was popularized in the period during which Paul Storr worked and is characterized by rounder, full-formed items adorned with gadrooning and decorative motifs such as acanthus leaves, shell forms and braids.
Most of the items Paul Storr created were for people from important, wealthy families. Thus, the items are typically representative of the styles and tastes of the upper class in England during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Our Hester Bateman collection is especially worth noting along with English, Continental, American silver and of course, Georg Jensen.
4-Piece Tea Set
This 4-Piece silver tea set was made in London 1811 by Paul Storr. The set comprises a tea pot, hot water pot on a stand with burner, open sugar bowl and creamer. The tea pot and hot water pot both have ivory handles and finials. The pieces are decorated in the Regency style and feature gadrooned borders that are further adorned with applied shell and acanthus leaf motifs as well as handles and handle-supports featuring molded and engraved snake forms. The hot water pot measures a total 10.5 inches height on the stand. The combined gross weight equals 123 troy ounces.
PS01
Price: $80,000.00
6-Bottle Cruet Set and Stand
This fine silver and cut glass cruet set was crafted by Paul Storr in London, 1818. The set features a stand with a central handle as well as 6 silver-mounted bottles. The stand itself is decorated with fluted borders as well as with an applied band of foliate motifs. One bottle is chipped. The cruet stand measures a total of 9 inches height and 8.25 inches width. Each bottle measures approximately 5.75 inches height. The total combined gross weight equals 27 troy ounces.
PS04
Price: $16,000.00
Set of 4 Salt Cellars
This fine set of 4 silver salt cellars was made by Paul Storr in London, England circa 1793. The pieces are boat form - each is set atop an oval-shaped pedestal form support and features two lion's-mask and free-swinging ring handles. The lower portions of the exterior bodies of these pieces feature vertical fluting. The interiors of the salt cellars are gilt. Each salt cellar measures approximately 4.25 inches length by 2.25 inches height. The total combined gross weight is equal to 16 troy ounces.
PS06
Price: $14,000.00
William IV Inkstand
A silver and cut crystal inkstand crafted during the reign of William IV in London, 1831. The stand is rectangular form and features exquisitely rendered scroll and shell motifs on the supports and handles. These motifs are echoed on the silver mounts of the bottles. The stand measures a total of 13.5 inches length. The total combined gross weight of the silver elements is equal to 35 troy ounces.
PS08
Price: $23,000.00
George III Sauce Tureen
This George III tureen was made by Paul Storr in London, 1813. Regency-style, the body bears a coat-of-arms engraving featuring a lion and unicorn. The finial and handles comprise stylized scrolls and shells. The piece measures 12.5 inches high and the weight is 106 ounces.
PS11
Price: $27,000.00
William IV Tea Kettle
A William IV tea kettle by Paul Storr with shaped handle, spout and four curlicued paw supports. A coat-of-arms is engraved on the back body. The hinged lid's finial is sculpted in the form of a pineapple. The piece measures 14.5 inches high and the weight is 75 ounces, London 1831.
PS13
Price: $13,000.00
Sauce Tureen
This sparkling George III tureen with cover by Paul Storr epitomizes the famous Regency style, 1799 London. A coat-of-arms is engraved on the front and a cone-shaped finial tops off the removable lid. A weight of 86 ounces and length 15 inches, fine condition.
PS14
Price: $40,000.00