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
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD
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
American, Baltimore, working with Henry or C. Greenberry Griffith 1816-1818
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On View: American Wing Second Floor, Chestertown Hallway
