Artwork
Pair of Thimbles
Artist
Unknown
DepartmentEuropean Art
CultureIrish
Date1768
MediumGold
Dimensionsheight: 5/8 in. (1.5 cm), each
diameter: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm), each
0.5 oz. (13 grams), each
diameter: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm), each
0.5 oz. (13 grams), each
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Object number2004.13.132.1-2
GeographyPlace madeIreland, Europe
DescriptionCylindrical and with a band of stippled ornament between plain borders, one upper border with strawberry leaves in the form of a duke's coronet, engraved with a coat-of-arms with duke's coronet above, the other with pearls and strawberry leaves in the form of a marquess' coronet, engraved with a coat-of-arms with marquess' coronet above, each with inscription, each also engraved '1768'
Each 5/8in. (1.5cm.) long
oz. (13gr.)
The inscriptions read, THE FREEDOM OF THE CORPORATION OF TAYLORS, AMB.E LEET, MAST.R
The arms are those of Fitzgerald for James, 1st Duke of Leinster (1722-1773) and his son William, Marquess of Kildare (1749-1804), later 2nd Duke of Leinster. (2)ProvenanceOne presented to James, 1st Duke of Leinster (1722-1773), the other to his son William, Marquess of Kildare (1749-1804), later 2nd Duke of Leinster, and thence by descent to Gerald, 8th Duke of Leinster; The Duke of Leinster; Sotheby's London, 3 May 1984, lot 11Not on view
Collections
William Currie
Culture: Irish
ca. 1734
Thomas Phipps and Edward Robinson II
Culture: Irish
1801
ca. 1838
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