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

99 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 785. A very impressive and fine quality large Irish Georgian period mahogany Serving Table, in the Chinese Chippendale style, the large single plank top above a blind fret frieze raised on four square blind fret chamfered legs and block feet. (1) Provenance : Oldtown, Naas, Co. Kildare. €6,000 - €8,000 790. Jakob Van Der Goten (1659-1724) An Antwerp Tapestry, c. 1720, Orpheus Playing a Lyre, by a Water Garden with Canals, Fountain and Classicals Buildings, 8’7” x 13’8”. (1) Provenance: From the Marble Hall at Powderham Castle, Devon. Purchased 1991. €4,000 - €6,000 792 Unique Bust of WilliamVincent Wallace Irish Composer: May (W. Charles) Sculptor. A large terracotta bust of William Vincent Wallace, inventor of the Nocturne, born Waterford 1812, oval approx. 64cms x 51cms (25’ x 20’) mounted on a carved wooden board, approx. 106cms x 85cms. * The original maquette for a proposed bronze bust of the composer which was to be erected in1912, as part of the Centenary Celebrations in his native city Waterford. The money for the bronze bust was collected by public subscription, paid over to the sculptor, but the finished article was never delivered. Together with a printed list of subscribes, the sculptor’s sales Brochure and a large printed broadside ‘ The William Vincent Wallace Centenary.’ As a lot, w.a.f. (1) €3000 - €4000