SAMUEL KIRK COIN SILVER PITCHER-EWER MASTERPIECE, CHINESE CASTLE PATTERN c. PRESENTED IS A MAGNIFICENT PITCHER/EWER IN THE MUCH SOUGHT CHINESE CASTLE PATTERN CREATED BY BALTIMORE’S, IF NOT AMERICA’s, MOST ACCLAIMED SILVERSMITH OF THE PERIOD: SAMUEL KIRK. THIS IMPORTANT PITCHER IS A SHOWCASE OF SAMUEL KIRK’S MASTERY IN DESIGN, SHAPING, EMBOSSING, CHASING, AND BRIGHT-CUT DECORATION AT HIS BEST. SELDOM DOES ONE ENCOUNTER AS FINE AN EXAMPLE OF SAMUEL KIRK’S ARTISTRY IN SILVER AS THIS. FOR A SAMUEL KIRK CHINOISERIE PITCHER AT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE’S DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION ROOM FROM THE SAME CIRCA DATE OF PRODUCTION, YET NOT QUITE AS STATELY DESIGNED IN FORM NOR AS METICULOUSLY EXECUTED IN DETAIL AS THE PRESENT PITCHER, PLEASE SEE THE LINK BELOW. WEIGHT: 64 STANDARD OUNCES. Track Page Views With. Auctiva’s FREE Counter. Add a map to your own listings. The item “FINEST SAMUEL KIRK COIN SILVER REPOUSSE EWER/PITCHER, CHINESE ETRUSCAN c. 1840″ is in sale since Sunday, August 23, 2015. This item is in the category “Antiques\Silver\Sterling Silver (.925)\Pitchers & Jugs”. The seller is “sterlingalize” and is located in Reston, Virginia. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Composition: Coin Silver
- Maker: SAMUEL KIRK
- Age: 1800-1849
- Type: WATER PITCHER/EWER