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An Impressive Early Renaissance Revival Sterling Silver Repousse \"Gilmor\" Ewer
Estimate: $1,000-$1,500
Sold
$4,250
Live Auction
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Description
An Impressive Early Renaissance Revival Sterling Silver Repousse "Gilmor" Ewer
Samuel Kirk (active 1815-1872), Baltimore, Maryland, Circa 1840
allover decorated with registers of floral motifs, shells, leafage, and acanthus, the central band centered by reserve engraved with monogram, "NFS" (?), flanked by a depiction of a merman spearing a large sea monster, the opposite side also with a reserve, flanked by two dolphins, the spout with masque, marked to underside, "SAML. KIRK/ 11 OZ."
Height 12 3/4 x width 8 1/2 x depth 5 1/2 inches, Weight: 37.315 oz. t.
Condition
really nice overall, with nice surface- having some minor occasional dings or scratches commensurate with age and use; a couple minute knicks along rim; bears some sort of struck mark along base rim exterior; a few minor spots of persistent tarnish, particularly one spot to upper part of base; a few divots or scratches to interior of rim
Provenance
Provenance:A Virginia collector.Note: Samuel Kirk referred to this form of pitcher as a "Gilmor" ewer, named after the Gilmor Family of Baltimore, whether after a commission for a family member or after the collection of Renaissance objects assembled by the Gilmors. An identical ewer, made for Sarah Birckhead McKim and dated to 1843, is published in Gregory R. Weidman and Jennifer F. Goldsborough, Classical Maryland, 1815-1845: Fine and Decorative Arts from the Golden Age (Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society/ The Museum and Library of Maryland History, 1993), pg. 170, fig. 212.