Samuel Kirk
Wine Funnel with Strainer
1824-1827
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
Silver funnels used to decant wine are an uncommon form in American silver. The small flat bottomed strainer fits into the wine funnel.
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
