Freedom box
Collection object
2000.0116
D. of base 9.5, D. rim of bottom 9.4. Max D. of lid 9.7, H. of whole at centre 3.3 wt. 136.2
Freedom box, Limerick silver, by Joseph Johns. Circular box with separate, shallowly domed, lid. Lid engraved with the arms of Limerick; a gateway with portcullis open between two towers, with gable behind on which is a flagstaff flying a pennant. Base inscribed "The Freedom of the/ Corporation of Limerick/ Granted the 29th. Sept 1789 to/ George Shea Esqr./ Native of this Town in Testimony/ of his Honorable & Upright Conduct/ in the Service of the Honble. the/ East India Company/ Revd. Thos. Ellison/ Port". Maker's marks struck once in centre of lid and bottom of box, both on the inside; a lion rampant in a shield with the letter I to each side of lion.
Joseph Johns (silversmith)