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

95 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 870. 20th Century Italian School A pair of large “Country Classical Scenes with Figures, Ruins, Castle,”O.O.C., indistinctly Signed approx. 99cms x 153cms (39” x 60”) in painted and gilt frames. (2) €500 - €700 873. Gustave Van Vaerenbergh (Belgian 1873-1927) A head and shoulder Bust of an elegant Young Lady in the Art Nouveau style, bronze, approx. 46cms (18”) high. (1) €400 - €600 874. An attractive pair of carved marble Archaic style Ewers , each with shaped lip and decorated with vine leaves on square bases, 45cms (15”) high. (2) €100 - €150 877. An attractive pair of Georgian mahogany urn shaped Knife Boxes, in the manner of Robert Adam, each removable lid with birds head handles and beaded rim, above a main body decorated in the classical taste on carved supports with square bases, each approx. 68.5cms (27”) high. (2) €2000 - €3000 878. A rare 19th Century Austrian automaton musical Portico design Mantel Clock, the ebonised body with circular enamel and brass dial with central cherub design, and Arabic numerals, (lacks hands) movement unsigned, decorated and embellished with ormolu mounts in the classical taste, the base with brass plate and three levers ‘Silence, Musique la l’heure Change and continue Le Meme,’ approx. 51cms (20”) high, as a mechanical instrument, w.a.f. (1) €250 - €350 876. A set of 11 - 19th Century and later oakWindsor Kitchen Armchairs, each of horse shoe form with spindle backs and solid seats, on front turned legs united by H stretcher. (11) €1500 - €2000 871. A fine quality pair of Irish 19th Century giltwood Mirrors, attributed to Butlers of Dublin, each surmounted with opposing Ho Ho birds, above an arch with central floral leaf decoration issuing C scrolls and trestle design flanked either side with turned pillars, the sides with floral and leaf decorations of pierced form on a conforming base, each approx. 153cms x 99cms (5’ x 39”). (1) €2500 - €3000 877 872. A very fine pair of Regency mahogany Side Cabinets, applied with gilt metal mounts, each with an associated grey marble top above a frieze centered with patrae and anthemion mounts, with tambour shutter doors enclosing shelves, between projecting uprights with Egyptian masks and terminating in feet on a plinth base, (a) 37'' wide (with marble) 33½'' (without), 21'' high (with marble), 19'' (without marble) 36½'' deep. (b) 38'' wide (with marble), 35½'' (without), 21¾'' high (with marble), 19½'' (without marble) 36½'' deep. (2) Provenance: The Murnaghan Collection (Christies / Mealys 1999) €1200 - €1800