Samuel Kirk
Hot Water Urn
1830-1846
Physical Qualities
Silver, ivory, Urn: 16 3/4 × 8 1/2 × 8 3/8 in. (42.5 × 21.6 × 21.3 cm.)
Cover: 3 7/8 × 3 7/8 × 2 1/8 in. (9.8 × 9.8 × 5.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Honorable and Mrs. John W. Sause, and R. Barkley Sause, Centreville, Maryland, in Memory of Eleanor Addison Williams Miles
Object Number
2001.321
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2001; John W. (d. 2021) and Julia "Judy" B Sause (b. 1935), and their son R. Barkley Sause, Centreville, MD likely by descent; Clarence William Miles (1897-1977) and Eleanor Addison Williams Miles (1902-1999), Blakeford, MD, likely by descent; William Smith Gittings Williams (1863-1918) and Julia Bell Deford Williams (1872-1921) Baltimore, MD likely by descent; George Hawkins (1818-1889) and Eleanor Addison Gittings Williams (1824-1881) Baltimore, MD likely by descent; John Sterett Sr. (1798-1879) and Eleanor Addison Smith Gittings (d. 1848)
Inscribed: Front: Gittings family crest, which features a long-necked bird with a horseshoe in its bill and the script letter 'G' below
Markings: Base, outside rim, stamped: "S KIRK" "SK" "11.OZ"
