拍品專文
A letter from Constance Mills Overton recording the above provenance, dated December 12, 1926, accompanies this lot.
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MAKER'S MARK OF SAMUEL KIRK, BALTIMORE, 1820-1822
細節
A SILVER SIX-PIECE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
Maker's mark of Samuel Kirk, Baltimore, 1820-1822
Comprising coffeepot, two teapots, covered sugar bowl, cream jug, and waste bowl; each shaped rectangular, on rectangular stepped foot, the body part-fluted with engraved monogram on one side HCM, the other side AM, with die-rolled bands, the pots with scroll spouts and wood handles, marked under bases, one teapot with Baltimore assay marks for 1820, the coffee pot, one teapot, and covered sugar bowl with assay marks for 1822, the cream jug with maker's mark only, the waste bowl unmarked
The coffeepot 11in. high; gross weight 137oz. 10dwt.
Kirk, Samuel (6)
Maker's mark of Samuel Kirk, Baltimore, 1820-1822
Comprising coffeepot, two teapots, covered sugar bowl, cream jug, and waste bowl; each shaped rectangular, on rectangular stepped foot, the body part-fluted with engraved monogram on one side HCM, the other side AM, with die-rolled bands, the pots with scroll spouts and wood handles, marked under bases, one teapot with Baltimore assay marks for 1820, the coffee pot, one teapot, and covered sugar bowl with assay marks for 1822, the cream jug with maker's mark only, the waste bowl unmarked
The coffeepot 11in. high; gross weight 137oz. 10dwt.
Kirk, Samuel (6)
來源
Lewis Henry Dugan of Zanesville, West Virginia, known as the "richest man West of the Alleghanies, and his wife Margaret Culberton
Mary Eaton, by bequest
Hannah Cassel Mills, 2nd cousin of Margaret Culbertson, by purchase circa 1900
Constance Mills Overton, daughter, thence by descent
Mary Eaton, by bequest
Hannah Cassel Mills, 2nd cousin of Margaret Culbertson, by purchase circa 1900
Constance Mills Overton, daughter, thence by descent