THE WINTER CHATSWORTH FINE ART & ANTIQUE SALE December 3rd & 4th, 2025

31 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 217. Coins: Dublin Mint Office - The Fight for Irish Independence, a cased presentation set comprising 14 Proof Coins (cased) covered in pure 24 carat gold, with certificates. (1) €200 - €300 218. A 9ct gold Vesta Case, of chased design, approx. 33.4gms. (1) €800 - €1000 219. A 9ct gold chased design Edwardian Card Case, by Asprey Bros. Ltd., approx. 110gms. (1) €1500 - €2000 220. A fine quality enamel and silver inlaid Ladies Compact, of overall classic design on orange ground, opening to reveal fitted silver gilt interior with hinged sections and mirror, by Henry Greaves, London. (1) €200 - €300 221. An attractive pair of Opera Glasses, with pink enameling, mother-o-pearl sockets and hinged carrying handle; together with another similar pair with blue enameling, gilt decoration in the classical taste. (2) €180 - €220 222. A Gentleman's steel framed Omega Wrist Watch, c. 1950 with Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds dial (lacks strap); together with an Ernest Borel Mappin Precision Gentleman's 9ct gold casedWrist Watch *(lacks strap) as mechanical items, w.a.f. (2) €180 - €250 216. Famine Medal - A superb and important engraved Gold Medal, 18 carat, weight 88.5 gm, diameter 51.5mm [2”], presented ‘To Mr. T. OBrien, MDCCCXLVI [1846] / For his / continued exertions in / the manufacture of Bread / from Indian corn, / which have contributed / materially to its introduction / as a substitute for Potatoes / among the pople of / IRELAND’ [within a wreath], scratched number 5048, [presented by] S O Co. I N Sn / London 1753; obverse with legend ‘Arts and Commerce Promoted’ enclosing two classical heads in relief; preserved in the original circular leather velvet-lined box with clasp. The box a little worn, o.w. in superb original condition. The recipient is Timothy O’Brien, a Dublin merchant and MP who (as Lord Mayor of Dublin) welcomed Queen Victoria to the capital in 1849, and was created a baronet [see D.I.B. for his grandson, also Timothy, an international cricketer]. He was a member of the well-known grocery and bakery firm Johnston Mooney & O’Brien. History does not record the nature of his exertions in promoting the use of Trevelyan’s Indian corn, which was intended to replace not only the potato, but the good Irish corn, whose export continued unchecked through the Famine years. (1) Provenance: By family descent. €8,000 - €12,000 219 Important Famine Time Presentation Gold Medal