Cleveland Museum of Art

Coffee Urn

Samuel Kirk

Date

c. 1843

Medium

Silver, ivory

Culture

America

Department

Decorative Art and Design

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Samuel Kirk was a leading American silversmith in the early 19th century whose Baltimore studio had became a major American silver company that thrived throughout the middle of the 20th century. Such a large, impressive coffee urn as this highly decorated example was considered the ultimate in Samuel Kirk silver and was largely made by hand. The decoration on this coffee urn was achieved through a technique known as "repousse" in which the design was hammered into relief from behind.

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