MONOGRAMMED COIN SILVER SOUP LADLE BY S. KIRK & SON

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Item Code: 1266-955

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This beautiful coin silver soup or punch ladle was produced circa 1840-1860 by S. Kirk and Son of Baltimore. Of the Mayflower pattern with a lovely scroll design on the handle and monogrammed “E W L” in script lettering.

Marked on the reverse of the handle, “S. KIRK & SON” and “10.15.”  This is a beautiful ladle in very good condition; there is some minor scattered tarnish, mostly on the inside of the bowl, and also a minor dent to the bowl.  Measures 13 ½” in length and the bowl is approx. 3 ½” in diameter.

Samuel Kirk (February 15, 1793 – July 6, 1872) was an American silversmith, active in Baltimore, Maryland, and best known for his introduction of repoussé to the United States. He engaged in various partnerships with his sons under the names of S. Kirk and Son and S. Kirk and Sons. In 1979 S. Kirk & Son was purchased by the Stieff Company, which renamed itself Kirk Stieff.

From 1846 onwards he partnered with his children: from 1846 to 1861 with Henry Child Kirk as S. KIRK & SON. Between 1815 and 1886, Only COIN silver was produced by the firm. It was illegal to melt US Coins, so the firm imported Foreign coins to melt into wares. Spanish coins with a purity of 10.15/12 parts silver are marked 10.15 and have a purity of 84.6% silver.

Kirk's work includes two silver cups for General Lafayette to commemorate his visit to Baltimore, President James Monroe's flatware service for his daughter's wedding, and a 48-piece dinner service for the USS Maryland that illustrates almost two hundred scenes from Maryland's history. His work is collected in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, and the De Young Museum.  [ld][ph:L]

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