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Bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Round Pax Box
Bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
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Round Pax Box

Artist Benjamin Stokes (Irish, active 1733 - 1768)
DepartmentEuropean Art
CultureIrish
Dateca. 1750
MediumSterling silver
Dimensionsheight with lid: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
diameter: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Object number2004.13.165.a-b
Geography
Place madeDublin, Leinster, Ireland
General regionEurope
Exhibition History"The Genius of Irish Silver: A Texas Private Collection," Colonial Williamsburg, DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Gallery, June 10-October 12, 1992 and San Antonio Museum of Art, April 16, 1993-April 16, 1994Published ReferencesDavis, J. D. (1993). The Genius of Irish Silver: A Texas Private Collection. San Antonio, TX: San Antonio Museum of Art. Reprinted by the San Antonio Museum of Art with the Permission of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation - Williamsburg, Virginia 1991 (ISBN: 1-883502-00-4), pg. 51
Not on view
Collections
Bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Freedom Box (Dublin Goldsmiths' Company)
Benjamin Stokes
Culture: Irish
ca. 1736
San Antonio Museum of Art, bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Freedom Box
Benjamin Stokes
Culture: Irish
ca. 1770
Bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Freedom Box with Engraved Arms (Freedom of the City of Waterford)
Benjamin Stokes
Culture: Irish
ca. 1771
Bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Freedom Box (Freedom of the City of Dublin)
Benjamin Stokes
Culture: Irish
1769/1770
Bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Freedom Box
James Scott
Culture: Irish
1773
Bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Freedom Box
Unknown
Culture: Irish
1823
Bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Freedom Box
William Ward
Culture: Irish
ca. 1760
Bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Freedom Box
Edward Crofton
Culture: Irish
1823
Bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Freedom Box
George Hodder
Culture: Irish
ca. 1750
Bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Prize Box
William Mossop Jr.
Culture: Irish
ca. 1820
Image Not Available for Freedom Box with Engraved Arms (Freedom of the City of Limerick)
Freedom Box with Engraved Arms (Freedom of the City of Limerick)
Thomas Phipps and Edward Robinson II
Culture: Irish
1801
San Antonio Museum of Art, Bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Freedom Box (Freedom of the City of Wexford)
Richard Whitford
Culture: Irish
ca. 1810

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