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Pitcher (Ewer)
Samuel Kirk
1835-1846
Category
Metals
Creator/Artist/Maker
Samuel Kirk (Maker)
Place of Origin
Baltimore; Maryland; Baltimore; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Silver
Museum Object Number
1995.0044
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Hilda B. Bartholomew in memory of her daughter Sally Bartholomew King
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Object Number
1995.0044
Object Name
Pitcher (Ewer)
Category
Metals
Creator (Role)
Samuel Kirk (Maker)
Place of Origin
Baltimore; Maryland; Baltimore; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1835-1846
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Base, underside
Inscription: "S.KIRK" stamped in rectangle
Type: Mark
Location: Base, underside
Inscription: "11.OZ" stamped in rectangle
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Chinoiserie
Materials
- Silver
Dimensions (inches)
18.62 (H) x 7.62 (W) x 11.37 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
47.31 (H) x 19.37 (W) x 28.89 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Example marks, brief background information, sources, p. 260Book: Rainwater, Dorothy T. & Redfield, Judy. 1998 Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers. 418 p.
• Examples of several different marks within the Kirk Stieff Corporation, p. 181-183Book: Buhler, Kathryn C. & Hood, Graham. 1970 American Silver: Garvan and Other Collections in the Yale University Art Gallery.
Article: Durbin, Louise. 1968 Samuel Kirk, Nineteenth-Century Silversmith. Antiques. 94: 868-873.
Book: Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds & Harper, Ann Boyce. 1975 Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art. 204 p.