George Washington Riggs
Porringer
1804-1814
Scroll
George Washington Riggs
Porringer
1804-1814
Physical Qualities
Silver, 2 7/16 x 5 11/16 x 4 in. (6.2 x 14.4 x 10.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.127
Porringers were more common in New England than in Maryland. This example is quite late; its odd proportions suggest that the maker, George W. Riggs, was not entirely comfortable with the form.
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD
AMW Reinstallation 2014
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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. 123, ill.
Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Silver in Maryland", Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1983. p.179, ill.
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-B, ill.
A Century of Alexandria, District of Columbia and Georgetown Silver, 1750-1850, cat. no. 89
Pleasants and Sill, p. 174 & pl. XXXVI
Inscribed: Engraved monogram "JTE" on upper side of handle Engraved: "To / AF / 1855" on underside of handle
Markings: stamped twice on base: RIGGS engraved twice on handle: JJE 1855 TC are on the underside of the handle
On View at the BMA
