NEWPORT HOUSE October 20th & 21st 2026

11 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 27. A good large Page Turner or Letter Opener, with fine crested embossed silver handle with London marks, overall length, 42.5cms (17”) approx. (1) €180 - €250 28. A fine quality pair of English silver Candlesticks, of Corinthian column form, with decorative sconces, reeded upright on stepped bases, hallmarked Elkington & Co. Ltd., Birmingham 1893, approx. 33cms (13”). (2) €700 - €900 29. A suite of three silver tubular shaped Vases, with beaded edges on circular bases, (one large, two matching) hallmarked London. Reid & Sons, Ltd., large 9.3 ounces, small 5.2 ounces each. (3) €500 - €700 30. A good pair of silver Sauceboats, with gadroon edge, scroll handles, on shell capped pad feet, hallmarked London, Harrison Brothers & Howson, approx. 9.0 ounces; also a pair of silver Pepper and Salt Mills ‘Lighthouse’ design (marks worn). (4) €250 - €320 31. An attractive Victorian silver rectangular shaped chased and pierced decorated Inkwell, inscribed ‘Presented to Dr. Dunlop, M.D. HMS Mallard by Ships Company Feb. 1880’, hallmarked London, by Charles Thomas Fox & George Fox, approx. 13.5 ounces. (1) €300 - €400 32. A fine quality early 18th Century ‘Hash’ Spoon, with engraved monogram‘W.E.D.,’ hallmarked, London, Ed. Bennett, 1732, approx. 33cms (13”) long, 5 ounces. (1) €800 - €1000 33. An early 18th Century ‘Hash’ Spoon, with engraved crest of lion rampant, and with rat-tail bowl, hallmarked London, James Wilkes, 1726, approx. 34cms (13½”) long, 4.5 ounces. (1) €800 - €1000 34. A fine quality early 18th Century English silver ‘Hash’ Spoon, with engraved crest of head of a Nubian, with hallmark for James Wilkes, London 1728, approx. 36cms (14”) long, 6.5 ounces. (1) €800 - €1000 35. A rare Irish Georgian period Provincial fiddle pattern design silver Serving Spoon, (crested), by Phineas Garde, Cork, c. 1818, approx. 3 ounces. (1) €300 - €400 27 28 34 32 23. An important 18th Century Irish silver Tankard, with domed and hinged lid, with scroll handle turned top and shaped love heart terminal, of overall bulbous shape with engraved crest on socle base, stamped CT (Charles Townsend), Dublin 1772, approx. 23cms (9”) high, 35 ounces. (1) Note: The Coat of Arms are those of William Henry Burton of Burton Hall, co Carlow, and his wife Mary, only child and heiress of Henry Aston of East Aston, co Wicklow. They were married on 12 December 1765 and he died on 7 January 1818. His mother was Lady Anne Ponsonby, daughter of the first Earl of Bessborough. Gerard Crotty 2026 €3000 - €4000