MARK OF SAMUEL KIRK & SON, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 1846-1861

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AN AMERICAN SILVER SEVEN-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
MARK OF SAMUEL KIRK & SON, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 1846-1861
Comprising a teapot, coffee pot, tea urn, hot milk jug, creamer, two-handled sugar bowl and cover, and waste bowl, all baluster form, densely chased and engraved with flowers and foliage surrounding architectural scenes on a matte ground, the sides engraved with script monogram MdeCB, the covers with finials as resting stags, and with angled handles headed by rams masks, the tea urn further with a large finial modeled as a heraldic rampant stag, the reverse chased and engraved with a depiction of a three story Baltimore style town house, marked on undersides and foot rims
19 3⁄4 in. (50.2 cm.) high, the tea urn
245 oz. 6 dwt. (7,629 gr.) gross weight

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Lot Essay

A set of four similarly decorated silver-gilt entree dishes and covers by Samuel Kirk & Son, with stag head finials and engraved with the same MdeCB monogram, were sold at Christie's, New York, 19 June 1996, lot 32.

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