Peter Kirby (died before October 13, 1788) was an early American pewtersmith active in New York City.
Kirby married Margaret Ellison on December 24, 1736, in New York City; their son was William Kirby, also a pewtersmith. He was appointed in 1759-1760 as the city's Assessor of North Ward and in 1765-1776 as Tax Collector of North Ward. His work is collected in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
References
edit- The Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume 34, 1939.
- The American Heritage History of Colonial Antiques, Marshall B. Davidson, 1967, page 238.
- Pewter in America: Its Makers and Their Marks, Volume 3, Ledlie Irwin Laughlin, University of Virginia Press, 1965, page 105.
- "Old Pewter" in The Collectors Manual, N. Hudson Moore, March 1905, page 424.
- American Silversmiths entry