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

84 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 782. After Hans Keck, German (1875-1941) A fine quality bronze Figure of a stone mason at work, with hammer and chisel in hand standing over a block on an octagonal speckled marble base, approx. 48cms (19”) high. (1) €200 - €300 783. After P.J. Mene, French (1810-1879) “Fighting Stags,” bronze, approx. 46cms x 20cms (18” x 8”), on shaped black marble base. (1) €200 - €300 784. Rimantas Sulskis, Lithuanian (1943-1995) ‘A Human and a Bird,’ bronze, Signed with initials, on rectangular marble base, approx. 33cms (13’’) high. (1) €400 - €600 785. Lady Kate Dobbin, (1868-1955) An early 20th Century wooden Paint Box, opening to reveal fitted interior paints and sample colours, the lid with brass plaque initialed ‘K.D. (Kate Dobbin); together with four travelling metal watercolour Boxes [one with manuscript label ‘K. Dobbin], as a collection. (5) Provenance: Private Collector, Cork City. Lady Kate Dobbin was born in Bristol, the daughter of WilliamWise, a solicitor. In 1887 she married Alfred Graham Dobbin who was knighted in 1900 for his role as High Chief Sherriff of the City of Cork. Lady Dobbin studied at the Crawford Municipal School of Art between 1891 and 1895. She submitted her first picture to the RHA in 1894 and continued to show there until 1947 exhibiting a total of one hundred and five paintings. She worked mainly in watercolours, painting scenes of Cork and the surrounding countryside. €300 - €400 786. 18th Century Irish School “Portrait of a young girl wearing frilled bonnet, and brown decorative dress holding a black dog,” oval, O.O.C., approx. 40cms x 30cms (16” x 12”), in moulded gilt and wooden frame. (1) Provenance: The Dillon-Mahon Family, by direct descent. €300 - €400 789. An attractive 19th Century French ormolu figural Mantle Clock, the top with assimilated cliff with birds over a round dial with Roman numerals, (Signed Paris) resting against a Gentleman holding musical instrument on a stepped rectangular base with pierced Gothic design, and conforming legs, mounted on an associated oval wooden musical stand, approx. 43cms high x 26cms wide (17” x 10¼”). (1) €300 - €400 787. Casper Netscher, Dutch (1639-1684) “Young Lady picking Roses,”O.O.P., Portrait of an elegant Young Lady with blonde hair wearing satin dress seated in a classical setting by a potted rose bush, approx. 28cms x 20cms (11” x 8”) in ornate gilt frame. (1) Provenance: The Dillon-Mahon Family, by direct descent. €2000 - €3000 788. 18th Century English School “Portrait of (The Reverend) James Stephen Lustington of Carlisle and Vicar of Newcastle Upon Tyne, O.O.C., depicting the sitter as a young boy standing in a classical setting wearing grey long coat, and blue waistcoat, cap in hand with flowers and fruit,” approx. 75cms x 62cms (29½”) x 24¼”) in contemporary gilt frame, label on reverse. (1) Provenance: The Dillon-Mahon Family, by direct descent. €1000 - €1500