Samuel Kirk
Teapot
1821
Physical Qualities
Silver, glass, 8 3/8 × 6 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (21.3 × 16.5 × 26.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Michael and Anis Merson, Baltimore
Object Number
2007.306
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2006; Michael and Anis Merson, Baltimore, MD
Inscribed: None
Markings: Marks on underside of belly: Dominical letter F twice, quartered oval with + in upper left and lower right quadrants - seems to descend from Baltimore assayers mark Kirk or S Kirk in cartouche one struck over the other SK and -OZ in square cartouches Configuration of marks together looks like possibly 1828 date. F dominical letter also used in 1822.
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Chestertown Hallway/Case 3
