George Aiken
Covered Sugar Urn
1789
Physical Qualities
Silver, 9 7/8 x 4 x 3 5/8 in. (25.1 x 10.2 x 9.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.99
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD
Masterpieces of American Silver, cat. no. 291
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. 60, ill.
Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Silver in Maryland", Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1983. p.69, ill.
Pleasants and Sill, pp. 85-86 & pl. I, no. 1
Inscribed: Engraved monogram "F" inside a shield cartouche
Markings: Maker's stamp: on side of base, "AIKEN" in box
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Willow Brook/Case 1
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