George Washington Riggs
Chamber Candlestick
1814
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George Washington Riggs
Chamber Candlestick
1814
Physical Qualities
Silver, 2 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. (5.7 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.126
Baltimore City assay marks date this little candlestick precisely to 1815. Weighing over a quarter of a pound (4 oz. 9 dwt), it is quite heavy for so small an object.
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD
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Warren, David B., "Southern Silver: An Exhibition of Silver made in the South prior to 1860" Houston, Texas: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1968, cat. # G-18-A, ill.
Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore, Maryland: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. ill. p. 124, cat. # 146.
Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Silver in Maryland", Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1983. p.179, ill.
A Century of Alexandria, District of Columbia and Georgetown Silver, 1750-1850, cat. no. 90
Markings: Makers mark "RIGGS" assay marks for 1815 struck on bottom
On View at the BMA
