MAKER'S MARK OF SAMUEL KIRK & SON, BALTIMORE, 1880-90

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AN EIGHT-PIECE SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE**
Maker's mark of Samuel Kirk & Son, Baltimore, 1880-90
Comprising coffee pot, two teapots, covered butter dish with liner, compote, covered sugar bowl, cream jug and waste bowl; each vase shaped on a circular foot, repoussé and chased overall with dense flowers and foliage against a matted ground, enclosing on one side a reserve engraved with monogram CAB, the scroll handles with ivory insulators, the sugar bowl with pendant ring handles from lion's masks, the domed covers surmounted by a flower and leaf-form finial, marked under bases
The coffee pot 13¼in. high; gross weight 188oz. (8)

Provenance

Cornelia Ann Barculo (1812-1901), New York,
thence by descent

Special notice

Notice Regarding the Sale of Ivory and Tortoiseshell Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing ivory or tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

Lot Essay

Cornelia Ann Barculo was the granddaughter of John Somerindyke (d. 1790) of New York. In 1784, John Somerindyke bought 200 acres of farm land in the rural areas of the island of Manhattan, the present day Upper West Side, from West 57th Street to 70th Street. Cornelia Ann Barculo inherited a share of the Somerindyke farm, which included property from West 67th Street to 69th Street "sloping down to the river." Her grandson described her in his journal as "a spirited woman who was once complimented by the magistrate for regaining her purse from a street thief."

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