Samuel Kirk
Covered Vegetable Dish
1827
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Samuel Kirk
Covered Vegetable Dish
1827
Physical Qualities
Silver, Overall: 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (29.2 x 21.6 x 21.6 cm)
Lid: 10 1/2 x 7 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. (26.7 x 19.4 x 5.4 cm)
Base: 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. (29.2 x 21.6 x 6.7 cm)
Finial: 2 1/4 x 2 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (5.7 x 5.4 x 6.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Josephine Eleanor Mayer in honor of Katharine Finney Baetjer, Stevenson, Maryland
Object Number
2025.216
3 parts: lid, base and detachable finial; cast conch shell feet; Lurman family crest on one side
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2025; Katharine Baetjer Hornaday, Stevenson, MD
Inscribed: RECTO: Engraved on lid "VIRTUS ORNAT"
Markings: Marked on rim "F", marked underneath rim "S KIRK" "S.K" "11OZ"
