Flask
Artist:
Thomas Walker
(Irish, active 1717 - 1758, died 1776)
Place made:Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
General region:Europe
Culture: Irish
Dynasty: House of Hanover
Date: late 1730s
Medium: Sterling silver
Dimensions:
l. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Object number: 2004.13.157.a-c
Inscribed: Engraved arms and crest possibly of the Bossard Family of Ireland; inscribed on opposite side: The Gift of/Willm. Jocelyn Shaw Esqr./To/Gorges Lowther Esqur." above a running fox with banner inscribed "Prosperity to Fox Hunting"
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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