Samuel Kirk
Salver
1827
Scroll
Samuel Kirk
Salver
1827
Physical Qualities
Silver, 9 1/8 × 9 1/8 × 7/8 in. (23.2 × 23.2 × 2.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.1
An erect laurel slip and a standing goat engraved on this salver represent the arms of the Worthington family of Maryland
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD by purchase 1930; Alvin C. Detwiler Fine Antiques, Washington, DC
AMW Reinstallation 2014
American Wing Rotations 2020
American Wing Rotations 2021
American Wing Rotations 2023
American Wing Rotations 2024
American Wing Rotations 2025
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. 138, ill; cat. no. 161
Inscribed: Engraving recto: Worthington crest (a goat, passant, argent, with an oak branch, vert) in center Verso: etched "WV 115" near rim
Markings: Marks: assay marks for 1828 (no Head of Liberty) / 11 oz. mark: stamped: "Sam - Kirk SK 11.oz F" in center
On View at the BMA
