George Washington Riggs

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark

• He worked from 1805 to 1810 as a silversmith in Georgetown ²⁸

• He worked from 1810 to 1816 as a silversmith in Baltimore MD from shop at 74 Baltimore Street. ²⁸

• He was a partner from 1816 to 1818 with C. Greenberry Griffith in Baltimore MD as RIGGS & GRIFFITH with a shop at 74 Baltimore Street. ²⁸

• He worked from 1819 to 1848 as a silversmith in Baltimore MD from shop at Pratt and Hanover Streets, 1824-1831; at 38 Hanover Street, 1835; on German Street west of Hanover, 1840; and at 5 South Howard Street, 1845-1848. ²⁸

• Porringer, c 1810
Baltimore Museum Art ²⁸
h: 2 7/16"
d: 3" (base)
wt: 5 oz, 17 dwt