Samuel Kirk
Salver
1824-1827
Physical Qualities
Silver, 8 3/8 × 8 3/8 × 7/8 in. (21.3 × 21.3 × 2.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.3
A small plain disc at the center of this salver contrasts sharply with the rich floral ornamentation that covers the rest of the piece.
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. 135, ill., cat. no. 158
Inscribed: underside: etched "4377"
Markings: Mark: Assay marks for 1824-1827 (no Head of Liberty), struck on bottom of each; no maker's mark (?) see cataloger's entry below: On underside: maker's mark, "C" in box/ Maryland crest (?)
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Chestertown Hallway
