George Aiken
Bowl
1804-1814
Scroll
George Aiken
Bowl
1804-1814
Physical Qualities
Silver, 3 1/8 x 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (7.9 x 17.1 x 17.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.100
The letter D engraved in a shield on this piece is virtually identical to that on a cream pot by Charles Louis Boehme displayed in the adjacent case [#9]. While there is no documented link, this bowl by George Aiken may also have belonged to the Dorsey family.
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD
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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. 65, ill. p. 64.
Pleasants and Sill, p. 86 & pl. XVII, no. 6
Inscribed: Engraved monogram "D" in a shield-shaped reserve
Markings: stamped: "G. Aiken" scratched: 10 OZ on back engraved 'D' on side
On View at the BMA
