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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Bowl
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Bowl

Manufacturer Samuel Kirk & Son (American, Baltimore, Maryland, active 1846 - 1979)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1925-1932
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. (5.7 x 29.2 cm)
InscribedStamped on bottom: HAND DECORATED; S. Kirk & Son Inc./Sterling/179
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number88.51
Not on view
DescriptionRound repousse bowl with wide lip decorated with flowers, leaves and shells.

Published ReferencesD.T. Rainwater, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN SILVER MANUFACTURERS, (NY: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1975) p. 86 for mark.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Samuel Kirk & Son
1903-1907
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Samuel Kirk & Son
1932-1961
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Samuel Kirk & Son
1903-1924
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Samuel Kirk & Son
1903-1924
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Samuel Kirk & Son
ca. 1932-1961
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Samuel Kirk & Son
ca. 1925-1932
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Samuel Kirk & Son
ca. 1932-1961
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Samuel Kirk & Son
ca. 1927-1961
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Samuel Kirk & Son
ca. 1930
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Samuel Kirk & Son
ca. 1846-61
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Samuel Kirk & Son
ca. 1885
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Samuel Kirk & Son
ca. 1932-1961