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

15 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 90. An important 18th Century Irish Provincial Coffee Pot, of attractive embossed floral decoration in the rococo taste, the hinged domed lid with spiral finial ‘S’ scroll handle, crested and monogrammed on main body, with ‘Wild Boar,’‘W.R.N.,’ on socle type base, hallmarked, W.R. Sterling (William Reynolds, Cork,) approx. 28cms (11”) high, approx. 31 ounces. (1) Provenance: The Russell Family, Seafield, Co. Waterford. €1800 - €2200 89. A rare set of 6 English silver George III period Candlesticks, by John Carter II, London, each of classical design with leaf moulded sconce, cluster column pillars, on multi step bases, with bold beaded edges, after a design by Robert Adam, each approx. 32cms (12½”) high, approx. 30 ounces (weighted) hallmarked. (6) Provenance: Nelson Bell Collection - The Bell Gallery, Belfast. €2,500 - €3,200 91. Co. Cork Interest: An exceptionally fine quality mid-Victorian silver Claret Jug, by Richard Martin & Ebenezer Hall, c. 1874, decorated in the form of an Armada Jug, the long neck and trigger lid with ‘C’ scroll handle, the profusely decorated body engraved and embossed with baskets and swags of flowers, scrolls etc., overlayed with winged figures and central lions head, and opposing inscribed panels, one inscription ‘Cork Agricultural Society Show, 1889, First Prize, for Best Sporting Dog of any Class - won by J.A. Russell with Fox-Hound Fery,’ the opposite ‘Cork Agricultural Society Show - 1889 - 1st Prize for the Best three Couples of Fox-Hounds won by J.A. Russell, Master United Hunt Club,’ hallmarked, approx. 41 ounces, approx. 36cms (14”) high. (1) Provenance: The Russell Family, Seafield, Co. Waterford. €1800 - €2200