George Washington Riggs
Teapot
1799-1809
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George Washington Riggs
Teapot
1799-1809
Physical Qualities
Silver, Overall closed form: 8 3/8 x 10 3/8 x 4 in. (21.3 x 26.4 x 10.2 cm)
Form with opened lid: 9 1/2 x 10 3/8 x 4 in. (24.1 x 26.4 x 10.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dudley R. Webb
Object Number
1935.28.1
Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough, "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 126, ill.
Inscribed: RECTO: Engraved in script "L [?]" on face of teapot
Markings: Marked underneath teapot "Riggs" "Eagle head"
