CHATSWORTH SUMMER FINE ART SALE 18th & 19th June 2025

133 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 1088. After the Antique A pair of attractive bronze Roman inspired twin handled cup “Skyphos” modelled with ivy leaves and pods, each approx. 12cms (5”) high. (2) €250 - €320 1089. A 19th Century giltwood circular Convex Mirror, with rope border and ball mounts, approx. 48cms (19”) diameter. (1) €150 - €200 1090. A bronzeWeather Vane, modelled as a Cockerel, 46cms high x 51cms wide (18” x 20”). (1) €150 - €200 1092. A small Georgian mahogany swing frame Dressing Table Mirror, the rectangular mirror on bowed box base with frieze drawers, approx. 46cms high x 40cms wide x 18cms deep (18” x 16” x 7”). (1) €120 - €140 1093. A fine quality Regency period rosewood Sofa Table, of small proportions, the figured top with brass strip and floral inlay with demi-lune flaps above a frieze drawer of conforming design supported by an octagonal out-splayed pillar on quatreform base with outsplayed legs and ornate brass capped castors, approx. 142cms (open) x 61cms deep x 70cms high (56” x 24” x 21½”). (1) €600 - €800 1094. A Victorian rectangular shaped toleware floral decorated Tray, with central bouquet and decorative border. (1) €80 - €120 1095. After William de Morgan (1839-1917) A set of four Persian Fish Frieze Tiles, mounted and framed, approx. 14cms x 60cms (5½” x 23½) painted framed in re- moulds. (4) €180 - €220 1091. William Cuming (1769-1852) (After) “Portrait of Bishop Kearney, Bishop of Ossory (1744-1813),” c. 1810, O.O.C., approx. 79cms x 64cms (31” x 25”). (1) Bears label verso ‘Portrait of Bishop Kearney . . Bishop of Ossory’ Born around 1742 in Dublin, the Irish academic and cleric John Kearney was a precocious and brilliant student, entering Trinity College when he was just fifteen years old, and being elected a Scholar three years later. He was elected a Fellow of the College in 1764, and awarded a Doctor of Divinity degree in 1777. He held the Chair of Oratory until 1799, in which year he was elected Provost of College, a role he fulfilled until 1806. That same year he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and thereafter served as the Church of Ireland Bishop of Ossory, until his death in 1813. For many years Kearney was a friend and patron of Thomas Moore, who had been an undergraduate at Trinity College during the 1790’s. In this half-length portrait by William Cuming, painted around 1810, Kearney is depicted wearing the clerical robes appropriate to his role as Bishop of Ossory. Although he was sixty-six years old when the portrait was painted, Cuming has depicted him as a younger-looking man, with a full head of brown hair and a resolute expression. The present painting is a faithful copy after the original work, which is in the Provost’s House, in Trinity College Dublin. Also born in Dublin, the artist William Cuming studied at the Dublin Society Schools in the late 1780’s and began exhibiting his works in 1800. Eleven years later he was elected President of the Society of Artists and in 1823 was a founding member of the Royal Hibernian Academy. He exhibited with the Academy regularly and in 1829 was elected President. Resigning in 1832, he travelled to the West Indies where his brother Josias had a sugar plantation. On returning to Ireland he became treasurer of the Academy. He died in Dublin in 1852. Dr. Peter Murray 2025 €1000 - €1500 1093