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

86 Imperfections Not Stated Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 710. After Anthony Van Dyck (1599 - 1641) ‘Portrait of King Charles I in Hunting Attire by his Horse and two Servants under a Tree,’ O.O.C., 42cms x 36cms (16½” x 14”). (1) €150 - €220 711. An unusual pair of Edwardian walnut two tier Sutherland Tables, each tier with two rectangular flaps on turned supports and down turned arched legs, 61cms (24”). (2) €350 - €450 712. An ornate gilt and gesso Overmantel, with leaf scroll and floral crest above a large oval bevelled plate and two mirror spandrels flanking two bracket shelves and two similar shelves below, 117cms x 145cms (46” x 57”). (1) €350 - €550 713. A 19th Century French gilt brass and porcelain Mantle Clock Garniture, the clock case with an oviform porcelain two handled urn, flanked with pineapples to each side, above a circular enamel dial with Roman numerals, indistinctly signed, above a pink and white porcelain panel with two cherubs and bow fronted porcelain side panels with musical and other trophies, on a leaf cast base, 36cms (14”) together with a pair of matching gilt brass and porcelain Tazzi, each with a dish top depicting a cherub, 20cms (8”). (3) €700 - €1000 714. After Martin Felix Miller A Victorian Parian Group, Marian of Rulstone caressing a Deer, probably Copeland, 48cms (19”). (1) €500 - €700 714 710 711 712 ‘A Young Girl reflected in a Mirror,’ O.O.C., depicting young girl with pigtails seated at a table with book catching her reflection, approx. 76cms x 64cms (30” x 25”), gilt frame. Provenance: The Wynne Family, Tigroney House, Avoca, Co. Wicklow. Note: The fact that this highly finished and carefully composed genre painting is unsigned suggests that it was submitted for an open competition of some kind. Indeed, it is highly likely that it was painted for entry in the 1913 Taylor Prize Competition. The set subject for that year was ‘The Girl in the Mirror,’ with first prize being awarded to Patrick Tuohy. However, amongst the four other prize winners that year was a Miss A.C. Wynne (information kindly supplied by Nancy Larchet, RDS). Little is known of this artist, except that she came from an artistic family renowned for the colourful tweed cloths they sold from their mill in Avoca, Co. Wicklow. Known to her family as Veronica Wynne, she was the third daughter of Albert Augustus Wynne and Alice Katherine Wynne, of Tigroney House, Avoca (Burke’s Irish Family Records, 1976). Among her cousins and relations were the watercolour artists Gladys Wynne (1878-1968), Edith Wynne, May Wynne and MaudWynne (see Nicola Gordon Bowe, Irish Women Artists Catalogue, 1987, page 194). Under the pseudonyms V. and E. Pringle- West, Veronica and her sister Emily were co-authors of Every Do: A Novel, published by Ernest Benn, London, 1929. It appears therefore that Veronica Wynne abandoned what was a most promising artistic career in favour of literary pursuits. €500 - €700 709 709. Alice Clara VeronicaWynne, Irish (1890-1969)