Samuel Kirk
Wine Funnel with Strainer
1823
Physical Qualities
Silver, (Funnel): 2 7/8 × 4 1/2 × 2 7/8 in. (7.3 × 11.4 × 7.3 cm.)
(Strainer): 3 × 3 × 1 1/4 in. (7.6 × 7.6 × 3.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.6
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD by gift, 1929; Jacob Hall Pleasants (1873-1957), Baltimore, MD
Gallery of the Towle Silversmiths, "The Odd and the Elegant in Silver," Newburyport, MA, Oct. 1, 1956-Oct. 1957
Maryland Childrens' Aid and Family Service Society, Inc. "Silver Collectibles from Home and Abroad," Feb. 22-25, 1979
Fraunces Tavern Museum, "Star-Spangled Spirits: Early American Drinking Patterns and Temperance Movements," New York, NY Jan.-Sept. 1993
Maryland Childrens' Aid and Family Service Society, Inc. "Silver Collectibles from Home and Abroad," Feb. 22-25, 1979
Fraunces Tavern Museum, "Star-Spangled Spirits: Early American Drinking Patterns and Temperance Movements," New York, NY Jan.-Sept. 1993
Pleasants, J. Hall and Sil, Howard. "Maryland Silversmiths, 1715-1830," Baltimore: Privately printed, 1930, p. 147, pl. XXXI, no. 4
Gallery of the Towle Silversmiths, "The Odd and the Elegant in Silver," Newburyport, MA, Oct. 1, 1956-Oct. 1957, Cat. 19, ill.
Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough, "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 136, ill., cat. no. 159
Markings: markings on sides of each piece "SK / (Assay marks for 1824-1827, no Head of Liberty) Maryland crest (?), C"
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Eltonhead Hallway/Case 3
