Metals
William Kirby (Possible maker)
New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1760-1804
Brass
1953.0021
Object Number1953.0021 |
Skimmer
Metals
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
William Kirby (Possible maker)
William Kirby was the son of Peter Kirby, also a pewterer in New York. Nothing of William is known before his marriage on February 6, 1760. In c.1794 William opened a glass and china shop, turning away from the pewter industry.
For more on William Kirby's (and Peter Kirby's) marks, see Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.120; Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.135; C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1957), p.264; Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.223. See also Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.2, p.17-18 and vol.3, p.105.
New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1760-1804
1. Mark; Handle, top of shaft near bowl; "WK / +" stamped in a circle.
Brass
19.488 (L) , 5.906 (Diam)
49.5 (L) , 15 (Diam)
Diameter is of bowl.
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[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: cat. no. 25, p. 96.
[Book] Schiffer, Nancy N., et al. 1978 The Brass Book: American, English and European, Fifteenth Century through 1850.
• Published: fig.C, p.385
[Article] Fales, Dean A. Jr. 12//1958 Notes on Early American Brass and Copper. Antiques. 74 (5): 534-8.
• Published: p. 534.