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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2006.
Soup spoon
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2006.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2006.

Soup spoon

Manufacturer Samuel Kirk & Son (American, Baltimore, Maryland, active 1846 - 1979)
CultureAmerican
Date1850-1861
MediumCoin silver
DimensionsOverall: 8 5/8 x 1 7/8 in. (21.9 x 4.8 cm)
InscribedScript initials "JBM" on the handle of the spoon and S. KIRK & SON 1015 is marked on the back of the handle.
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Mark Davidian
Object number2006.13.1
Not on view
DescriptionThe handle of the soup spoon is decorated with foliate bright-cut engraving and the script initials "JBM": the backs are marked: S. KIRK & SON 1015

ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Robert Baldwin Myers, Northern Virginia; Mr. and Mrs. MacKay, Northern Virginia, 1960's; Dr. and Mrs. Mark Dividian, Clovis, CA.; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Mark Davidian, 2006.

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