George Washington Riggs
Beaker
1813
Physical Qualities
Silver, 3 3/8 x 3 x 3 in. (8.6 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.125
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD
A Century of Alexandria, District of Columbia and Georgetown Silver, 1750-1850, cat. no. 88
Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 124, ill.
Pleasants and Sill, p. 174
Inscribed: Engraved monogram "CCS" on the side
Markings: stamped RIGGS, Maryland crest, B scratched VW 225
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Eltonhead Hallway/Case 1
