Fonsie Mealy's Chatsworth Fine Art Sale 27th & 28th September, 2022

103 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 805. A Regency style mahogany drop leaf Sofa Table, with two rectangular flaps flanking two frieze drawers on standard supports and four splayed legs, 155cms (61”) extended. (1) €200 - €300 806. An attractive 19th Century mahogany bow fronted Sideboard, with inlaid gallery back, the front edge with herringbone design over large central frieze drawer flanked either side with smaller drawers and ornate brass handles, over large presses on inlaid square tapering legs, approx. 213cms wide x 64cms deep x 112cms high (84” - 7’ x 25” x 44”). (1) €400 - €600 807 – See page 104 808. A fine pair of 19th Century gilt bronze - three branch - four light Candelabra, probably Italian after a design by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 - 1778), each stem cast with scrolling foliage and with herons and rams masks on the anthemion and scroll cast tripartite plinth on three winged griffin legs, 59cms (23”). (2) Provenance: Kilkenny Castle Dispersal Sale 1935, and by descent to the present vendor. €800 - €1200 809. A 19th Century classical bronze Figure modelled as Mercury, holding the Medusa standing one foot on a mask and a relief moulded classical plinth, 89cms (35”). (1) €600 - €800 810. A 19th Century Parianware oversized Figure of a Young Lady , with headdress and falling drapes holding a wheat sheaf, title “Ruth” approx. 74cms (29”) high. (1) €180 - €220 811. A pair of Victorian Majolica Figures, depicting African American cotton pickers, each holding a basket, 58cms (23”). (2) €1000 - €1500 812. An attractive carved pine Pedestal, decorated in the Georgian taste, the square top over an applied panel side of tapering form, on plinth base, approx. 140cms (55”) high. (1) €200 - €300 813. A fine 18th Century period mahogany and brass bound Mule Chest, probably Irish, by Butler, with hinged top and ornate brass trap work hinges, above an ornate pierced brass lock plate and key and two heavy brass carrying handles, a lower drawer on an ornate and leaf carved base, on shell capped cabriole legs and paw feet, 94cms x 122cms (37” x 48”). (1) €2000 - €3000 809 810 812 811 808 813