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
Minneapolis Institute of Art, "French, English and American Silver," June 9-July 16, 1956, Cat. #246
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
