About the Artwork
Dish
between 1835 and 1843
Samuel Kirk
1793-1872
American
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Silver
Overall: 6 3/4 × 11 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches (17.1 × 29.2 × 21.6 cm)
Silver
American Art before 1950
Founders Society Purchase, Beatrice W. Rogers Fund
1984.43
Public Domain
Markings
Engraved, on both sides: [coat of arms used by Gustav Wilhelm Lurman] barry wavy of four, argent and gules; on a chief azure, a crown or; crest: five ostrich feathers argent; motto: Virtus Ornat
Stamped under the rim of the disk: S.K. (in a rectangular punch mark) S. KIRK( in a rectangular punch mark) 11 OZ. (in a rectangular punch mark with serrated edges) the Baltimore assay marks, the oval "Maryland Shield" without the bend dexter and the letter F
Provenance
1984-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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"Recent Acquisitions." Bulletin of the DIA,63, no. 3/4, p 57, (ill.).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Samuel Kirk, Dish, between 1835 and 1843, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Beatrice W. Rogers Fund, 1984.43.
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