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
Samuel Kirk footed silver salver. Circular shape with gadrooned rim and three scrolled feet. Engraved with an overall pattern of snowflakes, with the Worthington family crest, a goat, passant, with an oak branch, encircled by a grapevine wreath in the center.
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: American Wing Second Floor, Chestertown Hallway
