CHATSWORTH SUMMER FINE ART SALE May 28th & 29th 2024

116 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 957. A fine quality heavy bronze and ormolu decorated“Warwick” type two handled Vase and Cover, the loose lid with resting cherub surmounted, the handles modelled from grape vines, the body with cherub figures in relief parading, on a turned base with circular marble plinth, approx. 37cms (14½”) high. (1) €300 - €400 958. A very good spelter type “Figure of a Wild Horse,” 31cms high on wooden stand, and a Spelter two handled Vase (2) Provenance: The Dillon-Mahon Family, by direct descent. €180 - €240 959. Edward Emerson, Irish (XIX - XX) “Setting Sail,” & “Bringing Home the Catch,” a pair of watercolours, each approx. 36cms x 51cms (14” x 20”), each Signed uniformly mounted and framed. (2) €300 - €400 960. Michael Baird, Irish (b. 1928) “Rocky Shoreline,”O.O.B., approx. 30cms x 60cms (12” x 23½”), Signed and dated, in black frame. (1) Provenance: The Bell Gallery, the Personal Collection of Nelson Bell. €200 - €300 961. Jef Louis Van Leemputten, Belgian (1865-1948) “Pastoral Scene with Fowl by a Pond with building in distance,”O.O.B., approx. 33cms x 47cms (13”x 18½”), Signed, lower left and dated, ornate gilt frame. (1) Provenance: The Bell Gallery, the Personal Collection of Nelson Bell. €400 - €600 962. JohnWells Smith, British (fl. 1870-1875) “The Sisters,”O.O.C., approx., 32cms x 24cms (12½” x 9½”), Signed in monogram lower right, in contemporary ornate gilt frame. (1) Provenance: The Bell Gallery, the Personal Collection of Nelson Bell. €800 - €1200 963. Malcolm Bennett, Irish (b. 1942) “Flying over Bogland,”O.O.B., abstract, approx. 60cms x 60cms (23¾” x 23¾”), Signed lower right, gilt frame. (1) Provenance: The Bell Gallery, the Personal Collection of Nelson Bell. €700 - €1000 964. David Speers, Irish XX-XXI “Carrick-A-Rede from Portaneeny” watercolour, approx. 37cms x 47cms (14½” x 18½”) Signed, and dated, framed. (1) Provenance: The Bell Gallery, the Personal Collection of Nelson Bell. €80 - €100 965. Hans Iten, Irish (1874-1930) “Belvoir Park,”O.O.B., approx. 38cms x 48ms (15” x 19”), Signed lower right, Rodman label on reverse and inscribed, in gilt frame. (1) Provenance: Nelson Bell Collection - The Bell Gallery, Belfast €600 - €800 966. After J. Lucas “Field Marshal, The Duke of Wellington, K.G.,” print, published London (J. Watson) 1853, approx. 81cms x 64cms (32” x 25”), later frame. (1) €150 - €200 967. A fine quality Georgian period mahogany Chest on Chest of low proportions, the moulded cornice above a top section with two short and three long drawers each with ornate Chippendale type brass escutcheons and drop handle, the side with shaped reeded pillars on conforming base with ogee bracket feet, approx 165cms high x 125cms wide x 59cms deep (65” x 49” x 23”). (1) Provenance: The Russell Family, Seafield, Co. Waterford. €800 - €1000 968. A pair of Louis XIV style walnut Side Chairs, on reeded shaped legs united by X stretchers, covered in 17th Century Flemish fabric (worn). (2) €200 - €300 969. A very good pair of carved giltwood Console Tables, in the manner of William Kent (1685 – 1748), the marble tops above a very ornate frieze supported by two eagle caryatids with single back and claw feet, and a mirror plate to the rear, on ebonised bases, 91cms x 94cms x 48cms (36” x 37” x 19”). (2) €1000 - €1500 970. A Georgian period mahogany Chest on Chest, the moulded top over a frieze with chequered and satinwood inlay, with two short and six graduating long drawers, with drop brass handles and ornate escutcheons, on bracket feet, approx. 188cms tall x 112cms wide (74” x 44”). (1) €400 - €500 963 967