Burnett & Rigden
Tumbler

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Tumbler
Datec. 1801–1806
Made inWashington, District of Columbia, United States
MediumSilver
Dimensions3 7/8 × 3 1/16 in. diameter (9.8 × 7.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Maconda and Ralph O'Connor in honor of Alice Pratt Brown
Object numberB.82.20
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Metals Study Room
Exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

Burnett and Rigden described themselves as jewelers and watchmakers, advertising silver, plated wares, jewelry, clocks, watches, chains, seals and keys, and framed prints, as well as pocketbooks for both sexes. Their advertisement heralds the major reorganization that occurred within the silver industry as individuals assumed the role of retailers, while an expanded, more specialized workforce transformed the shop master into a manufacturer and wholesaler. The Bayou Bend cup may have been manufactured by Burnett and Rigden or just retailed by them.

Technical notes: The body is a seamed construction.

Related examples:  Hollan 1994, pp. 43–44, nos. 16, 17.

Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff.  American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.


ProvenanceHinda Kohn, Fort Lee, New Jersey, 1981; Maconda (1930–2012) and Ralph O’Connor (1926–2018), Houston; given to MFAH, 1982.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Engraved on side: LCM
On base: BURNETT & RIGDEN

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