Pair of Small Can Tankards
Artist:
Thomas Walker
(Irish, active 1717 - 1758, died 1776)
Culture: Irish
Period: Georgian
Dynasty: House of Hanover
Date: ca. 1730
Place made:Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
General region:Europe
Medium: Sterling silver
Dimensions:
height: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
width: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
diameter of base: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.
Object number: 2004.13.216.1-2
Markings: Hallmarked: maker's mark, sterling standard, date letter for 1730 or 1731
Inscribed: Inscribed on base (2004.13.216.1): JOANNA LAW POWELL / from her Godmother / ary Elizabeth Vere Booth Powell / ARTHUR LAURISTON POWELL / on his Marriage
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, 1994
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. 49
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