Tea and Coffee Service with Tray

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Samuel Kirk & Son (Baltimore, Md.) (Maker)

Title

Tea and Coffee Service with Tray

Place

Baltimore (Object made in)

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Made 1907

Medium

Silver

Inscriptions

Marked on bottom (ea. piece except tray and kettle stand): "S. Kirk & Son Co./925/1000/1349," inscribed on bottom: "C.McC.-F.L.S./from A. McC.B./October 12-1907"

Dimensions

Tray: 5.1 × 81.3 × 55.9 cm (2 × 32 × 22 in.); coffee pot: 26.4 × 23.5 × 14 cm (10 3/8 × 9 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.); tea kettle: 26.7 × 26.7 × 16.5 cm (10 1/2 × 10 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.); kettle stand: 18.1 × 19.7 × 14.6 cm (7 1/8 × 7 3/4 × 5 3/4 in.); tea strainer: 6.4 × 5.3 × 3.2 cm (2 1/2 × 2 3/8 × 1 1/4 in.); tea pot: 16.5 × 25.4 × 14 cm (6 1/2 × 10 × 5 1/2 in.); creamer: 14 × 14 × 10.8 cm (5 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.); sugar bowl: 15.2 × 20.3 × 12.7 cm (6 × 8 × 5 in.); chocolate pot: 19.1 × 14 × 8.3 cm (7 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.); waste bowl: 10.5 × 14 × 14 cm (4 1/8 × 5 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.); bell: 12.7 × 7.5 × 7.5 cm (5 × 2 15/16 × 2 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Brooks McCormick

Reference Number

2007.392.1-10

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