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

49 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 475. A fine quality 19th Century Bachelors kneehole Desk, of small proportions, the top with tooled leather inset above a frieze with three drawers on twin pedestals with graduating drawers, all with oval brass handles, approx. 94cms wide x 76cms high x 51cms deep (37” x 30” x 20”) (1) €350 - €450 476. An early 18th Century oak Bible Box, the slope front with iron hinges with carved design and date ‘S.J. 1717’ above a conforming frieze. (1) €150 - €200 477 & 479 – See page 50 478. O. Witte - Continental School “The Sailors Return,”O.O.C., busy estuary scene with figures waiting at harbor, boats returning with city in distance, Signed, lower right, approx. 46cms x 102cms (18” x 40”) in ornate gilt frame. (1) €600 - €800 480. 18th Century Continental School Still Life "Hare, Apples, partly peeled Orange, Walnuts and a copper Pan,' O.O.C., approx. 61cms x 82cms (24" x 32"), unframed. (1) Provenance: Christies South Kensington, 22 March 2006 lot 2089. €180 - €200 481. An attractive Model of the Egyptian Mummy Tomb or Casket of Nefertiti, with overall colourful design depicting typical motifs, approx. 191cms high(75”). (1) €200 - €300 482. A 19th Century copper Gong, supported by rectangular oak shaped frame, in the manner of Augustus Pugin. (1) Provenance: General Grehan, Clonmeen House, Banteer, Co. Cork. €200 - €250 483. A pair of attractive 19th Century giltwood Girandoles, in the Adams taste, with love knot surmounted and scroll candleholders, each approx. 112cms high x 41cms wide (44” x 16”). (2) €600 - €800 484. An attractive Napoleon III style three piece Drawing Room Suite of Seat Furniture, with attractive brass and mother-o-pearl inlay and ormolu mounts covered in blue draylon fabric on front cabriole legs with decorative mounts. (3) Provenance: French Ambassadors Residence, 53 Aylesbury Road, Dublin 4. €600 - €800 475 481 476 485. A fine quality Georgian period mahogany four door breakfront Bookcase, in the Gothic taste, in the manner of Gillows, the dentil moulded cornice above arched design glazed doors, on a base with panel doors, approx. 259cms wide x 251cms high x 51cms deep (102” x 99” x 20”). (1) Provenance: Jenkinstown House, Co. Kilkenny. €1000 - €1500