Samuel Kirk
Strainer
1829
Scroll
Samuel Kirk
Strainer
1829
Physical Qualities
Silver, 1 3/8 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (3.5 × 8.9 × 8.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.7
Silver strainer made by Samuel Kirk in 1830. This strainer has a plain shallow bowl pierced with uniformly-placed holes and a small supporting tongue on the outside. A very fine beaded edge is applied to the lip.
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD; Robert Frank Skutch (1878-1966), 1929; Cohen family, Baltimore, MD
AMW Reinstallation 2014
American Wing Rotations 2020
American Wing Rotations 2021
American Wing Rotations 2022
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. 140, ill., cat. no. 164
Inscribed: None
Markings: Stamped: "S.KIRK" and assay marks for 1830 (shield and castle) struck on the side
On View at the BMA
