Samuel Kirk
Pitcher
1834
Physical Qualities
Silver, 6 5/8 × 4 5/8 × 6 1/2 in. (16.8 × 11.7 × 16.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.4
Silver pitcher made by Samuel Kirk, c. 1840. Chased, engraved, cast. This pitcher has a pear shape with scalloped panels with acanthus leaf decoration, a cast rectangular handle, a plain, splayed foot, and a large curved spout. The handle has applied cast leaves and scrolls and the body has chased scrolls surround each of the six panels. Engraved scrolling vines, running vertically through each panel, trail delicately from the top scrolls.
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD
Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 143, ill., cat. no. 168
Markings: Stamped "SAML KIRK" "SK" "11OZ" struck on the bottom
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Eltonhead Hallway/Case 2
