Riggs & Griffith, George Riggs, and others
Salver
1815
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Silver, 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (29.2 x 29.2 x 2.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.123
This salver descended in the Buckler family of Baltimore.
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD
AMW Reinstallation 2014
American Wing Rotations 2020
American Wing Rotations 2021
American Wing Rotations 2023
American Wing Rotations 2024
American Wing Rotations 2025
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. 145, ill.
Markings: 1. "RG", struck on bottom 2. Octagonal Maryland flag struck on bottom 3. octagonal monogram struck on bottom; "GF" or "CF" ? 4. octagonal symbol struck on bottom, profile of head 5. "RG", struck on bottom of outer lip 6. "WV/251" etched on bottom
Maker
George Riggs
1815–1817
American, Baltimore, working with Henry or C. Greenberry Griffith 1816-1818
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Maker
Henry Griffith
1815–1817
American, working Baltimore, with George Riggs 1816-1818
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On View at the BMA
