Mace of the Borough of Athy
Artist:
John Williamson
(Irish, died 1734)
Place made:Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
General region:Europe
Culture: Irish
Period: Georgian
Dynasty: House of Hanover
Date: 1746-1747
Medium: Silver
Dimensions:
l. 46 1/4 in. (117.5 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Object number: 2004.13.274
Inscribed: Chased with the arms of George II and of Fitzgerald and the emblems of Great Britain, France, and Ireland. Presented by James Fitzgerald (1722-1773), twentieth Earl of Kildare.
Published References
Davis, 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. 47
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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