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Samuel Kirk & Son

“Etruscan” Teakettle, Stand, Lamp

1844

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Samuel Kirk & Son

“Etruscan” Teakettle, Stand, Lamp

1844

Physical Qualities Silver, ivory, 15 1/8 × 9 3/4 × 11 1/4 in. (38.4 × 24.8 × 28.6 cm.)
Credit Line Bequest of Georgiana Williamson in Memory of her Parents, David B. Williamson and Mary A. Butler Williamson
Object Number 1959.63
Teakettle, stand, and lamp made by Samuel Kirk & Son, c. 1850; silver, repoussé, hand chased. Part of a 7-piece coffee and tea service given to David and Mary Williamson for their wedding. The engraved monogram reads "MAB" which stands for Mary A. Butler; the bride. Made in the popular "Etruscan" pattern which was first introduced and named by Kirk in 1840. Also known as the 'Landscape' or 'Castle' pattern. The design features varying romantic scenes based on classical Italianate buildings, lush gardens with exotic plants and birds, bridges, trees, and dense floral ornament on a stippled background. This teakettle stand has a round bulbous shape with swing handle with cast scroll decoration, and a domed, hinged cover topped by an acorn, thistle, and oak leaf finial. The stand, with pierced decoration of flowers and leaves, has four legs terminating in shell feet. The lamp is plainly decorated and sits underneath the stand. Ivory insulators are present on the handle.
Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1959; Georgina Williamson (1865-1959) likely by descent; David (1831-1886, m. 1860) and Mary Butler Williamson (1837-1904) New York, NY by gift, 1860
Baton Rouge, Anglo-American Art Museum, Louisiana State University, "Silver of the Old South; Being in an Exhibition of Silver Made in the South Before 1860", January 10-February 29, 1968
Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough, "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 152, no. 181, ill. p. 153.

Inscribed: Engraved on side: monogram "MAB / from / MW" [script]

Markings: Struck on underside: "11 oz / S.KIRK & SON / 11 oz"

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