Benjamin McKenny Riggs was an American silversmith.

Events in his life were:

   Apprenticed about 1812 to George Washington Riggs in Baltimore MD 

   He worked from before 1825 to 1839 as a silversmith in Paris KY 

Profile picture is Benjamin McKenny Riggs' maker's mark.

Source:

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~silversmiths/makers/silversmiths/148883.htm
• http://www.sterlingflatwarefashions.com/Silversmiths/SilversmithsR5.html