Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Water pitcher

Manufacturer Samuel Kirk & Son (American, Baltimore, Maryland, active 1846 - 1979)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1846-61

MediumSilver

DimensionsOverall: 14 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (36.8 x 14.6 cm)

InscribedHallmarks struck on bottom: "S.KIRK & SON" 11.0Z"

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number77.541

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 213

DescriptionBaluster-shaped pitcher; hollow; cast, applied handle decorated with a ram's head, flowers and foliage. Most of the pitcher is covered with repousse and chased designs of flowers, foliage and buildings, including images of a figure washing in a fountain and gardens with potted flowers. Background is mostly stippled.

Label TextSamuel Kirk & Son Baltimore, Maryland Water Pitcher, ca. 1846-61 Silver Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 77.541Exhibition History"Treasures for the Table; Silver from the Chrysler Museum", 6/15-8/6/89 (and traveling until 3/91). SILVER FROM THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, Decorative Arts Gallery, September 16, 1993-February 11, 1994