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Coalisland Pottery specialised in slipware,

pottery adorned with slip, a cream-like
mixture of clay dissolved in water. Typically
glazed inside and on top but economically
unglazed beneath, they were made in a va-
riety of colours. The trailed slipware crocks
had looped decoration trailed using a can
or a feather, around the inside and some
had yellow dots highlighting the rim, over a
rich brown glaze. Half glazed earthenware
crocks and ‘setting pans’ with their delib-
erately wide tops served a multitude of
purposes, from washing hands or clothes,
to washing vegetables, making dough and
were used to cool and set milk, for a day
or so before skimming off the cream which
was churned to make butter. The crafts-
manship and functionality of Coalisland
Pottery made it an integral part of daily life
in the rural region, reflecting both practi-
cality and aesthetic appeal in its designs.

Carrigaline Potteries, founded in 1928 by

Hodder Roberts, originated from his vision
of utilizing local clay for pottery. From the
mid 19th century the Roberts family of Car-
rigaline Co. Cork ran corn and flax mills.
The mills closed in 1922. Hodder Roberts
felt that as bricks were made locally at near-
by Ballinphellic - pottery vessels could also
be made. The old flax mill was converted
and Carrigaline Potteries was opened in
the Spring of 1928. Government levies
on imported pottery aided Carrigaline’s
rise in the Irish market. At its height it was
the major employer in the area, with more
than 200 workers. In the 1930s, such was
the success of the enterprise that clay had
to be imported from England to meet the
demand for Carrigaline Pottery. There is a
collection of Carrigaline Pottery in the Na-
tional Museum at Collins Barracks.
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I r i s h Ve r n a c u l a r
Welcome to our second annual auction of Vernacular furniture and effects. Irish vernacular
furniture began emerging out of the rural Irish home in the eighteenth century. Each piece
was simple and functional in form, yet unique in design. There is no absence of humour in
the approach to furniture making, a distinctly Irish sensibility of not taking ourselves too
seriously.
Making use of materials that were affordable and available to the everyday Irish person,
it was a non-specialised craft, accessible to those without formal training such as local
craftsmen who used traditional techniques and locally sourced materials, including old
furniture, and ‘found’ timbers like bogwood or driftwood; it was upcycling in its earliest
form, and serves as a reminder of the importance of craftsmanship in Irish culture. These
items typify the domestic and functional artistry and joinery of local craftsmen in rural
S p e c i a l i s t fo r th i s a u c ti o n communities, embodying a rich cultural heritage and self-sufficiency. This is seen partic-
ularly in the work of self-taught Tory Island painter, James Dixon, his primitive and highly
Stuart Cole MSCSI MRICS
expressive compositions are a visual treat, and this sale offers a wonderful opportunity to
DIRECTOR
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A WHITE MARBLE FIREPLACE
186 cm high, 131cm wide
5. € 2,000 - 3,000
ABSENTEE BIDS
Provenance: Probably, Cecilia House, 4 Cecilia Street, Dublin 2.
We are happy to execute absentee or writ-
ten bids for bidders who are unable to at- This carved and antique graffitied fireplace surround is inscribed
tend or bid online themselves and can also with the names of medical students studying at UCD in the early
arrange for bidding to be conducted by tele- 1900s. This chimney piece was most likely located in School of Med-
icine at 4 Cecilia Street, Dublin 2. Founded in 1855, the Catholic Uni-
phone. However, these services are sub- versity Medical School (known as the Medical School of the Apoth-
ject to special conditions (see conditions of ecaries’ Hall) was originally located on Cecilia Street. In 1908, it
sale in this catalogue). All arrangements for merged with the Royal University of Ireland and became known as
absentee and telephone bidding must be the UCD Medical Faculty. The medical school relocated to Earlsfort
Terrace in the 1930s. Notable names carved include Thomas En-
made before 5pm on the day prior to sale. right (Spring 1913). Dr. Enright trained in UCD and the Royal College
Bidding by telephone may be booked on all of Surgeons in Ireland before he served as a Captain with the Royal
lots. Early booking is advisable as availabili- Army Medical Corps in World War I. He died in 1918 after the Ger-
ty of lines cannot be guaranteed. man forces attacked the Royal Munster Fusiliers of the 10th Irish
Division in Serbia. Today he lies in the Salonika Military Cemetery.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A 19TH CENTURY
We would like to acknowledge, with thanks, STAINED DOWRY BLAN-
KET CHEST,
the assistance of Conor Barry and Niamh Cor- of rectangular form with
coran, hinged top panelled sides
above a single drawer raised
on ogee shaped bracket
feet. 90cm high, 125cm wide,
63cm deeep Provenance:
7. East Cork
ALL LOTS ARE BEING SOLD UNDER THE € 1,000 - 1,500
CONDITIONS OF SALE ON DISPLAY IN
OUR SALEROOMS AND ON OUR WEB-
SITE. The dowry chest, often associated with traditional rural Irish mar-
riage customs, bears a design reminiscent of a “chest on chest,”
marking a transitional phase in the evolution from the simple rec-
tangular clothes chest to the chest of drawers. Interestingly despite
this transition, chests of drawers never became a typical fixture in
traditional Irish vernacular furnishings.

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1
A PAINTED TIMBER BOAT OAR,
210cm long
€ 100 - 200

2
A SET OF IRISH DEER ANTLERS,
each antler with six points, mounted
on a stained wooden crest. 132cm
high, 140cm wide
€ 800 - 1,200

3
A FRAMED TAXIDERMY OF TWO TROUT, BY WILLIAMS OF DUBLIN,
the bowfront glazed case with two trout perched on reads staged in naturalistic
setting with painted background.
€ 600 - 500

4
A COLLECTION OF SIX SHELLS,
including conch shells, cowrie shell and a variety of small
shells
€ 200 - 300

5
A FRAMED TAXIDERMY GLAZED CASE OF TWO SQUIRRELS,
one squirrel feeding the other staged in naturalistic setting with painted
background. 28cm high, 50cm wide, 13cm deep
€ 300 - 400

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A FRAMED TAXIDERMY GLAZED CASE OF A RED SQUIRREL,
EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
staged in naturalistic setting with painted background. 38cm high, 35.5cm
wide, 17.5cm deep
€ 300 - 500

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A TAXIDERMY DISPLAY OF TWO DUCKS
on a felt and stained timber base.
32cm high, 65cm wide, 20cm deep
€ 200 - 300

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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY PITCH PINE A 19TH CENTURY PITCH PINE FARMHOUSE TABLE,
PAINTED PUB SHOP FRONT DISPLAY FOR the two-plank rectangular top with rounded corners, fitted
‘KELLY’S BAR’, with long drawer to either end, on squared legs joined by
30 x 36cm Provenance: Co. Carlow stretcher, 243 x 87 x 79cm high
€ 500 - 800 € 600 - 1,000

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A ‘JOHN JAMESON’S WHISKEY’ PAINTED TWO 19TH CENTURY BRASS BANDED TURF
ADVERTISING MIRROR BUCKETS,
50 x 50cm of shaped oval form and coopered construction, with
€ 200 - 300 applied loop handles. 65cm and 68cm high
€0-0

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AN IRISH 19TH PAINTED GLASS
A WROUGHT IRON WIND VANE
ADVERTISING MIRROR
with wrought iron arrow and copper flat pike fish,
Joy Dublin Pale Ale, brewed by Mountjoy
114cm wide
Brewery, Dublin,
€ 300 - 500
contained in a painted black timber frame. 35 x
36cm incl. frame
€ 300 - 400

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A FLAT CIRCULAR LIMESTONE
QUERN STONE,
with pierced centre on steel stand.
68cm high, 45cm wide, 9cm deep
€ 300 - 500

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A VICTORIAN GLAZED CHINA A 19TH CENTURY CAST-IRON FRAME
BARREL WITH GILT BANDING, AND TIN WEATHER VANE, in the form of
inscribed ‘Iced Water’ and with brass a cockrel.
spigot, lacking lid, 30.5cm high, 26cm 108cm high, 65cm wide
wide. € 300 - 500
€ 200 - 300

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A VICTORIAN GLAZED CHINA
SPIRIT BARREL,
of oval form with lid, decorated with
a coaching scene and inscribed ‘Fine
Old Port’ with brass spigot, 33cm high,
30cm wide.
€ 200 - 300

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A 19TH CENTURY GLAZED CHINA
WALL MOUNTED HALF BARREL,
with blue transfer printed foliate
decoration, with lid and timber spigot,
stamped ‘Aubépine’ to base, 33cm high,
33cm wide
€ 200 - 300

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Belfast artist Markey Robinson studied briefly at the Belfast School of Art, but mainly
learned from his grandfather who was a painter and decorator. He worked in vari-
ous other professions including as an electrical welder and a lightweight boxer. His
paintings returned to the same themes of people in landscapes or still life, painted
with flat muted colour and dark outlines in almost abstract compositions. He exhib-
ited widely at venues including the Ulster Academy of Arts, Belfast Museum and A
rt Gallery, at The Irish Exhibition of Living Art, Oriel Gallery and Magee Gallery. His
paintings can be found in the collection of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Ul-
ster Museum, Queens University and the VHI. Markey Robinson’s work featured in
‘Ireland: Her People and Landscape’ exhibition (2012) and ‘Ulster Artists’ exhibition
(2010).

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MARKEY ROBINSON GEORGE K. GILLESPIE (1924 - 1995)
‘The Burn’, near Glenties, Co. Donegal Oil on board, 30 x 40cm
(1918 - 1999) (11¾ x 15¾”) Signed; inscribed with title on backing board
Figure, Cottages and Trees
€ 700 - 1,000
Gouache on board, 51 x 74cm
(20 x 29”) Signed
€ 3,000 - 5,000

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MARKEY ROBINSON until 1945 at Belfast High School and attended
(1918-1999) evening classes at Belfast College of Art, studying
Still Life Gouache,
26 x 40cm jewelry, silversmith as well as painting. His interest
€ 800 - 1,200 in fine art was encouraged in the late 1950’s when
22 he attended painting classes in the studio of R.
MARKEY ROBINSON Boyd Morrison in Hollywood, Co. Down. In 1977, 24
(1918 - 1999)
Boats and Figures on a River he retired from his bakery business and took up CHARLES MCAULEY RUA ARSA (1910-1999)
Pulling Up, Red Bay, Co. Antrim
Gouache on board, 36 x 97cm (14 x art professionally, working from his studio at home
38”) Signed Oil on canvas, 30 x 40cm
€ 3,000 - 5,000
in Newtownards, Co Down. He held his first sol (11¾ x 15¾”) Signed
o-exhibition in 1980 in Dublin at the Oriel Gallery € 2,000 - 4,000

Dublin. His paintings are inspired by his love of

the Irish landscape most notably Donegal and the
rugged scenery of Connemara and the west coast.

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FRANK MCKELVEY RHA (1895-1974)
Ards Bay, Co. Donegal Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 66cm (20 x 26”) Signed; Inscribed on
stretcher verso
€ 7,000 - 10,000

Frank McKelvey studied at the Belfast School of Art in his

hometown, winning the prize for figure drawing in 1912. He
exhibited at the RHA for the first time in 1918 and continued
to do so annually for the following fifty years, being elected a
full member of the academy in 1930. Between 1923 and 1935
McKelvey exhibited regularly at the Glasgow Institute of Fine
Art and his first solo show was held at Locksley Hall, Belfast,
in 1934 and again in 1936. His first solo show in Dublin was
held at the Victor Waddington Galleries in 1937. During the
1920s McKelvey received many portrait commissions and his
work was included in exhibitions of Irish portraits at the Belfast
Museum and Art Gallery in 1927 and 1931. He was also includ-
ed in a major exhibition of Ulster artists at the same gallery in
Festival Exhibition 1951 and another at Ulster House in London
in 1947. McKelvey’s work can be found in the collections of
Queen’s University Belfast, the Royal Ulster Academy, the Ma-
sonic Hall in Dublin, Crawford Gallery in Cork, and the Royal
Palace of Soestdijk in the Netherlands. Frank McKelvey’s work
was included in Adam’s loan exhibitions: ‘Ulster Artists’ (2010).

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MAURICE C. WILKS ARHA RUA (1910 - 1984)
Bringing in Turf, Connemara
Oil on canvas, 51 x 61cm (20 x 24”)
Signed, also inscribed with title on stretcher verso
Provenance: With Oriel Fine Art, Dublin, label verso
€ 2,000 - 3,000

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MAURICE C. WILKS ARHA RUA (1910 - 1984)
West of Ireland landscape with figure on a road way
Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 68cm (20 x 27”) Signed
€2,000 - 3,000

Born in Belfast in 1911, he educated at the Malone Public

School while also attending night classes at the Belfast College
of Art. While attending college he was awarded the Dunville
Scholarship allowing him to attend day classes. After college,
Wilks resided in Cushendun, in the Glens of Antrim. Wilks’s
early landscapes were mainly of the Irish northern and western
counties including Donegal, Antrim and Kerry. He was inspired
by the Irish landscapes of James Humbert Craig. He exhibited
a t the RHA and RUA, both organisations he is now a member
of and his paintings are held in Ulster Museum and Limerick
City Art Gallery.

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A 19TH CENTURY PAINTED PINE SETTLE BED, A 19TH CENTURY VARIEGATED GREEN PAINTED PINE SETTLE BED,
the moulded top and shaped frieze above the six panel the slatted back above a plain seat, hinged and opening to transform into a bed. 92cm high, 183cm wide,
back and plain seat, hinged and opening to transform into a 53cm deep Provenance: Midlands
bed. 112cm high, 183cm wide, 53cm deep
€ 1,000 - 1,500
€ 800 - 1,200

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30 A 19TH CENTURY PAINTED SETTLE BENCH,
A 19TH CENTURY STAINED DOWRY BLANKET the high panel back with carved shaped supports above a plain seat and carved
CHEST, open arm rests raised on trestle supports. 136cm high, 184cm wide and 59cm deep
of rectangular form with hinged top panelled sides above a Provenance: West Cork
single drawer raised on ogee shaped bracket feet. 90cm high, € 1,000 - 1,200
125cm wide, 63cm deeep Provenance: East Cork
€ 1,000 - 1,500

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*Part of the original set design for the Oscar
Nominated movie ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
A 19TH CENTURY PAINTED PINE SETTLE BED,
the six panel back above a high seat, hinged and open-
ing to reveal a fold out bed, painted in white and brown.
182cm (w) Provenance: Bennett’s Bridge Folk Museum,
Kilkenny Provenance: Part of the original set design for
the Oscar nominated movie ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
€ 800 - 1,200

Seamus Heaney, ‘ The Settle bed’, 1991

“Willed down, waited for, in place at last and for
good.
Trunk-hasped, cart-heavy, painted an ignorant
brown.
And pew-straight, bin deep, standing four-square 33
as an ark.” AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY EMBROI-
DERED PANEL
inscribed ‘Erin Go Bragh’ against a memoir
The settle bed, a fixture in Ireland since the early
of flags and four provinces medallion ‘God
17th century, serves as a long seat during the day
Save Ireland’
and can be opened on hinges to transform into
a double bed at night. Open-frame settles from € 300 - 500
the south-west of Ireland featured deep seats
that served as single beds, differing from the
hinged and opening settle beds. The high backs
Tuesday 16 April insulated the sitters from the cold damp walls of
the cottages.
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Ellen Conolly RA (FL. 1873-85)
A Music Lesson Oil on canvas, 89.5 x 69.5cm (35¼ x 27¼”)
Signed and dated 1877; signed and dated verso to canvas
and with label ‘A Music Lesson. Miss Ellen Conolly, Malerin
in London, stellte 1873 - 85 in der Royal Academy und
Suffolk Street Gallery figurliche Bilder, namentlich Gen-
reszenen aus. Graves Royal Acad. 11 122: Dict. of artists
1895, p.61’
€ 2,000 - 3,000

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CHARLES HENRY COOK (1830-1906)
An Irish Farmer Oil on card, 30 x 22cm Signed
€ 1,000 - 1,500

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Tory Island School

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JAMES DIXON (1887–1970)
Cutty Sark
Oil on board, 54.5 x 76cm (21½ x 30”)
Signed and inscribed ‘Cutty Sark, the famous British Wind-
jammer’
Exhibited: London Auction/Desmond Fine Art, ‘Contempo-
rary Artists from Ireland’ July 1990

€ 8,000 - 12,000

The idea of an unmediated connection to place is

most evident in the paintings of the untrained Tory
Island painter James Dixon (1887-1970). After meet-
ing the artist Derek Hill, he started painting in the late
1950s. Dixon’s images of Tory, although influenced by
Hill’s practice, seem to convey an honest, engaged
representation of the island. Unlike other artists
of the time depicting island life, Dixon was a native
islander who had spent his entire life in its environ-
ment.
In Cutty Sark, Dixon has depicted a British clipper
ship set against an expanse of blue sea. Dixon has
faithfully rendered the elegant design of the ship
with its refined hull shape, raked masts and large sail
area. As with other works by Dixon he has flattened
the perspective, and instead of distance horizon line,
the sky and sea meet, dark grey clouds rising from
the surface. He uses quick brushstrokes applied in
varying directions to suggest the ocean swell, adding
flecks of white paint as the waves crest and break.
The ship looks small against its surroundings, the
rough waves crashing off the bow as it glides through
the water. There is a small section of the canvas in the most remote of all Ireland’s off shore islands. Apart from
the bottom right-hand corner that Dixon has left un- an occasional visit to the mainland and one short period in the
painted, instead inscribing ‘Cutty Sark, the famous west of Ireland as a fishing instructor, Dixon spent most of his
British Windjammer’. life there and was one of the most significant members of the
highly regarded Tory Island school of primitive art. Dixon and
James Dixon was born on Tory Island, Co. Donegal, other islanders painted what they saw around them in a distinc-
tive detailed, naturalistic style: boats, the wild seas, the island
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and the small villages grandly named East Town and West Town. The artist Derek Hill organised exhibitions of the work of the Tory
school painters, the first of which took place at the New Gallery, Belfast in 1966, with subsequent exhibitions in Dublin, Vienna and
London. In 1990 a retrospective exhibition was held at the Glebe Gallery, Co. Donegal, and the Boole Library, University College
Cork. James Dixon along with Alfred Wallis was also the subject of a major exhibition in 1999 that opened in IMMA before travelling
to Tate St. Ives.

Our thanks to Róisín Kennedy whose writings formed the basis of this catalogue note Irish Vernacular
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A WHITE METAL COW CREAMER
makers mark ‘MG’, other marks rubbed, modelled standing, with hinged opening
to back, with red glass eyes, (5.2 troy ozs). 14cm wide, 9.5cm high
€ 250 - 350

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A FINE IRISH SILVER CELTIC REVIVAL BOWL
Dublin, c. 1914, mark of Weir & Sons, of circular form, the rim with a band of repeating
Celtic medallions, applied with three looped naturalistic handles, ending with stylised
dolphin feet, (78 troy ozs). 21cm high to handles, 30cm diameter
€ 7,000 - 10,000

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AN IRISH SILVER GEORGE II CHALICE
Dublin, c.1750, mark of R. Williams, the plain bowl on
knopped stem and spreading circular foot (8.18 troy ozs).
20cm high, 10cm wide
€ 1,500 - 2,500

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A FINE IRISH SILVER REPLICA OF THE ARDAGH
CHALICE
Dublin, c.1915, mark of Sharman D Neill,
of traditional design applied with Celtic decoration, (79 troy
ozs). 23.5cm high, 25.5cm diameter
€ 6,000 - 8,000

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A VICTORIAN SILVER DISH
RING
London, c.1895, mark of
Pairpoint Brothers, with blue
glass liner, the openwork body
with vacant crest reserves, and
further decorated with birds
and a unicorn head and two
castellated buildings, (15 troy oz
excluding liner). 8cm high, 17cm
diameter
€ 600 - 800

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A RARE GOLD This is a free copy of a ninth-century silver penannular ring-brooch with an
VICTORIAN CELTIC Ogham inscription on the reverse, found near Virginia in Co.Cavan, and
PENNANULAR now in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin (Fig. 97: D 11.1cm (ring);
BROOCH, see Mahr & Raftery 1932, pl. 39:1)..
c.1850, the obverse
applied with Irish Versions of this brooch were also registered by Waterhouse in 1849, when
seed pearls and the original belonged to the Royal Dublin Society. Waterhouse called one
Celtic motifs, the re- version the ‘Ogham pin,’ owing to the Ogham inscription on the back,
verse inscribed with
and a second the ‘Clarendon Shawl Brooch’, after the Countess of Clar-
Ogham symbols and
design registration endon, the Viceroy’s wife, who first patronised it. Waterhouse produced
Kitemark,for 1849. in copies in silver and silver-gilt inlaid with Irish bog oak, ‘Irish diamonds’,
original fitted case, Irish amethyst and malachite, and in gold with Irish pearls (Waterhouse &
(18 grams). 5.8cm
Co. 1852, p. 16). Both the Waterhouse and the Johnson copies have sim-
diameter
€ 2,200 - 2,500
plified the animal interlace and have left out the heads and other details
of the animals on the original. Waterhouse exhibited their copies at the
Great Exhibition in 1851 (Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue, 1851, p. 20),
while Edmond Johnson, who took over the firm when his father, Joseph
Johnson, died in 1870, was still exhibiting versions at the World’s Fair in
Chicago in 1893 (see Description of the Reproductions of Antique Irish
Art Metalwork Specially Manufactured by Edmond Johnson Dublin for ex-
hibition at the World’s Fair Chicago 1893.) (Judy Rudoe)

43 44
A FINE GEORGE III IRISH SILVER DISH RING AN IRISH SILVER DISH RING Dublin c.1924,
mark of West & Son, openwork body with vacant cartouche, decorated with
Dublin, c.1750, mark of William Townsend, pierced scrollwork
a figure of a shepherd, fruiting vines, flowers and birds. (11 troy ozs). 17cm
body applied with crests, decorated with floral scrollwork, dol-
diameter, 10cm high
phin and phoenix, (17.5 troy ozs). 18.5cm diameter, 9cm high
€ 800 -1,000
€ 5,000 - 8,000

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47
A 19TH CENTURY PAINTED PINE DRESSER,
with moulded cornice above three shelves, plain
panel back above twin cupboards with turned
wooden handles on block feet. 228cm high,
145cm wide, 42 cm deep Provenance: Purchased
Co. Wexford
€ 800 - 1,200
48
A 19TH CENTURY PAINTED MARRIAGE
DRESSER,
the moulded cornice above frieze pierced with
heart shaped motifs, three open shelves, slatted
back with scroll shaped side panels above twin
frieze drawers and two twin panelled cupboard
base. 216cm high, 152cm wide, 40cm deep
€ 1,500 - 2,000
49
A PINE BUREAU BOOKCASE,
the plain frieze top above twin glazed cupboard
doors each with inset led and glass panelling
enclosing shelves, flanked by twin columns the
base with a curved tfall front fitted compart-
ment above twin drawers and carved panel
cupboard doors flanked by rope twist columns
on block supports. 198cm high, 117cm wide,
50.5cm deep
€ 600 - 800

50 51 52
A 19TH CENTURY A PAINTED PINE A BLACK PAINTED
PAINTED PINE CUPBOARD, PINE CUPBOARD,
DRESSER, 183cm, 107cm, 42cm with two twin panel
Provenance: Portumna, Provenance: Midlands doors. 184cm high,
Co. Galway € 400 - 600 77cm wide, 34cm deep
€ 1,000 - 1,500 Provenance: Co. Dublin
€ 600 - 800

53 54 55
A STAINED PINE A 19TH CENTURY AN EARLY 20TH
HANGING CUPBOARD, PAINTED PINE CENTURY WHITE
of rectangular form the
NARROW ESTATE PAINTED DRESSER,
twin fielded panel doors
CABINET, . 208.5cm high, 133cm
with six panels each, fitted
216cm high, 71cm wide, wide, 47cm deep
shelves and panel sides.
25cm deep Provenance: € 1,000 - 1,500
93cm high, 81cm wide,
Monte Dysert, County Clare
33cm deep Provenance:
€ 600 - 800
Co. Tipperary
€ 300 - 400

56 57 58
A 19TH CENTURY A 19TH CENTURY A 19TH CENTURY
PAINTED PINE PINE CUPBOARD, PAINTED PINE
DRESSER, 198cm high, 135cm DRESSER,
194cm high, 125cm wide wide, 49cm deep Prove- 187cm high, 11cm wide,
Provenance: Midlands nance: Midlands 45cm deep Provenance:
€ 800 - 1,000 € 600 - 800 Portarlington, Co. Laois
€ 800 - 1,200

59 60
A 20TH CENTURY A 19TH CENTURY 61
PAINTED PINE FIRE PAINTED PINE CUP- A FRAMED JACOB
SURROUND, BOARD, & CO’S BISCUITS
117 x 140 x 19cm Provenance: Co. Tip- ‘GOOD TASTE’
€ 200 - 300 perary POSTER,
€ 800 - 1,000 contained within the orig-
inal stained timber frame
decorated in gilt and
carved lettering ‘Jacob
Biscuits’. 65 x 42cm
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62
A PAINTED PINE
TABLE,
77cm high, 135cm wide,
75cm Provenance: Co.
Tipperary
€ 800 - 1,200

65 63
A 19TH CENTURY A LARGE 19TH CENTURY STAINED PINE
STAINED KITCHEN KITCHEN TABLE WITH SYCAMORE TOP,
TABLE, the plain two panel top raised on turned baluster
78cm high, 156cm wide, tapering legs. 76cm high, 244cm wide, 89cm deep
85cm deep Provenance: Provenance: Midlands
Co. Tipperary € 1,200 - 1,600
€ 1,000 - 1,500

66 67 64
A 19TH CENTURY A FRAMED EMBROI- A PAINTED TIMBER HEDGE CHAIR
PINE FARMHOUSE DERED PANEL the carved rail back with inscribed initials
TABLE, depicting a young on spindles with plain arm rests and panel
. 82cm high, 182cm woman with shawl sur- seat on carved legs. 71cm high, 61cm wide
wide, 99cm deep Prove- rounded by shamrocks Provenance: Co. Clare
nance: Midlands above a crested harp. € 400 - 500
€ 1,000 - 1,500 50 x 49cm
€ 300 - 400

68 69 70
AN OAK CUTLERY TWO TERRACOTTA A PAIR OF TER-
TRAY, MILK CROCKS, RACOTTA MILK
with four compartments the moulded rim with CROCKS,
and a brass carrying glazed interior and the moulded rim above
handle. 9.5cm high, body. 28cm and 30cm black glazed body with
43cm wide, 31.5cm deep high respectively (2) thrown handles. 32cm
€ 200 - 300 € 300 - 400 high (2)
€ 400 - 500

The term ‘hedge chair’ originates from the prac- 72 74

tice of crafting such chairs by individuals known A STAINED TIMBER HEDGE CHAIR A KILKENNY BLACK MARBLE FIRE-
as hedge carpenters. Unlike traditional carpen- with carved rail backs, and spindle supports, PLACE C. 1800
ters, hedge carpenters typically did not undergo plain armrest and canted legs. 77cm high, 58cm with frieze pediment on plain column
supports
lengthy apprenticeships. However, they had the wide Provenance: Co. Antrim
€ 5,000 - 8,000
ability to select specific parts of a tree for their € 400 - 600
projects or even fashion tools such as wooden
ploughs directly from trees, thus reducing the 73
need for extensive cutting and labor. While many A WHITE MARBLE FIREPLACE
hedge chairs share common characteristics, each 186 cm high, 131cm wide
one is often unique and individual. Chairs crafted € 2,000 - 3,000
by householders may exhibit eclectic features,
reflecting the influence of rural isolation and the
personal touch of their makers.
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80
A 19TH CENTURY
‘SCUMBLED’ PAINT-
ED PINE CHEST OF
DRAWERS,
106cm, 104cm, 42cm
Provenance: Midlands
€ 400 - 500

81
A 19TH CENTURY
PAINTED PINE LAMB
BOX SEAT
panel back and sides
above a hinged lamb
box. 77cm high, 68cm
wide, 48cm deep
€ 500 - 700

82
A COMPACT PAINTED
75
PINE LONG RECTAN-
A PAIR OF 18TH CENTURY KEYHOLE GRATE
GULAR BENCH
FIREPLACES
with plain slat back and
seat on three paired
€ 2,000 - 3,000
legs with stretcher.
75cm high, 127cm wide
€ 300 - 500
86
A GREEN PAINTED PINE DRESSER,
the moulded cornice above two open shelves and plain
slated back, the conforming base with two frieze draw-
ers and two panelled cupboard doors with diagonal
slats raised on bracket feet. 206cm high, 142cm wide,
35cm deep Provenance: Co. Tipperary
€ 600 - 800

83
76 A 19TH CENTURY GREEN
A 19TH CENTURY PAINTED CUBOARD
STAINED ELM SIDE the dentil cornice over twin
TABLE, four panel enclosing fitted
74cm high, 76.5cm wide, interior with shaped shelf
47cm deep Provenance: above twin four panel doors.
Mountmellick, Co. Laois 198cm high, 85cm wide,
€ 600 - 800 44cm deep
€ 800 - 1,200

77
A 19TH CENTURY
‘SCUMBLE’ PAINTED
PINE CUPBOARD,
105cm high, 119cm
wide, 40.5cm deep Prov-
enance: Co. Antrim
€ 300 - 500

78 84 87
A STAINED RECTAN- A CIRCULAR PAINT- AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY WHITE PAINTED
GULAR SIDE TABLE, ED PINE TABLE. PINE CABINET,
the single frieze drawer . 183cm high, 155cm wide, 66cm deep Provenance:
€ 400 - 600
with turned handle Co. Dublin
raised on slender € 800 - 1,200
turned legs
€ 300 - 500

88
79 85 A PAIR OF PAINTED
A BLACK PAINTED *Part of the original set PINE CHAIRS
PINE OVAL DROP design for the Oscar with twin rail backs
LEAF TABLE, Nominated movie ‘The panel seats and square
plain frieze raised on Banshees of Inisherin’ chamfered legs with
turned baluster legs. A PAIR OF PLAIN stretchers. 81cm high
75cm high, 112cm wide, PINE STOOLS Provenance: Ballineen,
109cm deep Prove- 75cm high Co. Cork
nance: Midlands € 200 - 300 € 500 - 700
€ 300 - 500

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90 94
A 19TH CENTURY STAINED AND PAINTED LONG A PAINTED BLACK SUGAN CHAIRS
BENCH, with ladder back and sugan seat on square supports
with green painted seat above a shaped frieze with trestle with stretcher. 90cm high, 55cm wide Provenance:
feet and plain buttress. 46cm high, 122cm deep, 25cm Co. Kerry
deep Provenance: Co. Laois € 400 - 600
€ 300 - 500

91 95
A SMALL IRISH STAINED PINE STOOL A RED PAINTED ARM
of rectangular form with plain panel supports. 23cm CHAIR
high, 32.5cm wide, 17cm deep 103cm high, 61cm wide
€ 200 - 300 Provenance: Clonmel,
Co. Tipperary
€ 500 - 700
100
AN 18TH CENTURY MAHOGANY AND OAK
SIDE TABLE,
the rectangular tray top and shaped apron raised on
cabriole legs and stylised hoof feet. 72cm high, 77cm
wide, 45.5cm deep Provenance: Co. Kilkenny
€ 800 - 1,000

96 101
A TRADITIONAL A 19TH CENTURY
PATTERN WINDSOR PAINTED PINE
STYLE CHAIR CHILDS HIGH CHAIR
with carved spindle back with stick back and
and circular panel seat on bowed armrest on
canted tapering turned canted down square
legs with stretcher. supports with stretcher.
€ 200 - 300 86cm tall
€ 300 - 500

97
92 A STAINED WOOD
A VARIEGATED BLUE PAINTED PINE GERN- RAILBACK SUGAN
ERAL MERCHANT’S BANK OF TWENTY-SIX CHAIR
DRAWERS, with bowed arm sup-
the low gallery top above twenty-six drawers, one in- ports, woven seat on
scribed, with ring turned wooden handles. 97cm high, square supports with
171cm wide, 24.5cm deep Provenance: Co. Meath stretchers.
€ 1,000 - 1,500 € 200 - 300

98
A PLAIN PANEL
MILKING STOOL
with five spindle
supports. 34cm high,
40cm wide
€ 200 - 300

93 99 102
A RED PAINTED PINE LOW RECTANGULAR A PLAIN MILKING A 19TH CENTURY PAINTED PINE DRESSER,
STOOL STOOL the moulded cornice above three open shelves and
with four spindle plain slatted back, the cupboard based with twin
with shaped apron on panel end supports. 25cm high,
supports. 34cm high, doors enclosed in channel moulding raised on square
44cm wide, 24cm deep
40cm wide Provenance: supports. 196cm high, 142cm wide, 47.5cm deep
€ 200 - 300
Mountrath, Co. Laois Provenance: Midlands
€ 100 - 150 € 1,000 - 1,500

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103 107 111

A 19TH CENTURY PAINTED PINE HOUSEKEEP-
ERS CUPBOARD, CO. ANTRIM
moulded top above twin three panel doors, two short
drawers and a pair of two panel door base. 198cm
high, 155cm wide, 66cm deep Provenance: Co. Antrim
€ 600 - 800
A 19TH CENTURY PAINTED PINE DRESSER,
moulded cornice above three open shelves with
slatted panel back, the moulded apron above three
short drawers with turned wooden handles and
open base. 214cm high, 152cm wide, 48cm deep
Provenance: North Co. Dublin
€ 1,000 - 1,500
A LARGE 19TH CENTURY PAINTED COUNTRY
HOUSE LARDER,
moulded cornice above twin two panel glazed doors
concealing fitted shelves and plain slatted back above
twin fielded doors on a slender platform base. 218cm
high, 192cm wide, 49cm deep Provenance: Co. Wicklow
€ 1,500 - 2,000

104 108
AN OAK AND METAL A 19TH CENTURY
BOUND BUTTER BLUE PAINTED PINE
CHURN, MEAL BIN,
of coopered construc- 74cm high, 134cm wide,
tion. 89cm high 59cm deep Provenance:
€ 100 - 200 Ballineen, Co. Cork
€ 600 - 1,000

105 109 112

A 19TH CENTURY A 19TH CENTURY A 19TH CENTURY BLUE PAINTED PINE MEAL BIN,
PAINTED PINE LOW PAINTED BLANKET 73cm high, 114cm wide, 63cm deep Provenance: Ballineen,
CABINET, CHEST, Co. Cork
121cm high , 94cm wide, . 89cm high, 124cm wide
€ 800 - 1,200
36cm deep Provenance: Provenance: Templetuo-
Co. Tipperary hy, Co. Tippery
€ 200 - 400 € 800 - 1,200

In most Irish farmers’ kitchens there was a meal chest.
The term ‘meal chest’ is one of several that refer to
high-sided wooden chest built to store various kinds
of food. The chest generally had sloped lids and
some had compartments for two or even three types
of meal. Originally, they were raised off the ground on
sledge or bracket feet; subsequently, these feet were
covered or replaced by a plain plinth. Meal chest were
generally positioned against a kitchen wall, often close
to the fire to help keep the stores dry. Sometimes fitted
with a lock or hasp and staple. Like the dresser the chest
size often reflected the size of the surrounding farm.

106 110 114

A PAINTED PINE KITCHEN TABLE WITH
SYCAMORE TOP,
plain two panel top with moulded edge above a
shaped apron and single frieze drawer raised on
shaped tapering legs Provenance: Ballineen, West
Cork
€ 1,000 - 1,500
*Part of the original set design for the Oscar Nomi-
nated movie ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
A PAINTED KITCHEN TABLE,
single frieze drawer with a brass cup handle raised
on square legs joined by a double stretcher. 71cm
high, 152cm, 85cm deep
€ 1,500 - 2,000
A 19TH CENTURY STAINED KITCHEN TABLE,
four panel scrubbed top above a plain frieze on square
legs joined by a twin stretcher. 74cm high, 180cm wide,
87cm deep Provenance: Midlands
€ 1,000 - 1,500
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115
A FRAMED COPY OF
‘DOCKS REGULA-
TIONS, 1928’,
86 x 54.5cm
€ 200 - 300

120
NAIVE SCHOOL (IRISH)
Country Fair Scene, Dungarvan Canvas laid down on
board, 36 x 62cm
116
€ 200 - 400
AN IRISH POSTER
‘GROWN WHEAT,
THE CROP THAT
PAYS’
’. 74 x 48cm
€ 150 - 200

118 121 125

A PINE FRAMED JOHN CRAMPTON WALKER ARHA (1890- A LARGE MAP ‘THE EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL
VICTORIAN LITHO- 1942) MAP OF IRELAND’,
GRAPH PRINT, Coastal View of a Cottage (Most probably between stamped ‘Ireland’ verso. 158cm high, 134cm wide
commemorating King Portmarnock and Malahide Coast Road) Oil on can- € 250 - 350
William of Orange, print vas, 55 x 74.5cm Signed Contained in a Watts frame
56cm x 50cm; overall € 1,000 - 2,000
93cm x 85cm
€ 500 - 600

127
A DIORAMA OF A
THREE MASTED
SQUARE RIGGED MOD-
EL BARK SHIP
€ 400 - 600

128
122 A FOLK ART
A SHANNON MILLS ATHLONE POSTER, DIORAMA OF
‘Athlone Wollen Mills. Co Ltd’. 46 x 74cm THREE-MASTED
BARK MODEL SHIP,
€ 300 - 500
painted timber,
contained in a framed
display cabinet
€ 400 - 600

129
A TIMBER CANVAS
AND METAL BOUND
119 123 124
TRUNK, BY FAGAN
AFTER PAUL HENRY A FRAMED A FRAMED
& CO., 19 ASTON
West of Ireland Scene Oleograph, 54 x 54cm ARRANGEMENT ARRANGEMENT
QUAY, DUBLIN, EAR-
€ 300 - 500 OF SMALL OF SMALL
LY 20TH CENTURY,
POLYCHROME POLYCHROME
68 x 86 x 48cm
SEASHELLS. SEASHELLS.
€ 100 - 200
65 x 54cm 65 x 54cm Prove-
€ 100 - 200 nance: Ballineen, Co.
Cork
€ 100 - 200 Irish Vernacular
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135 140
A GREEN AND WHITE PAINTED TIMBER ESTATE A GREEN AND WHITE PAINTED TIMBER SIGN
SIGN ‘FARM AND GARDEN, OFFICES’.
‘TO THE PUBLIC, YOU ARE ASKED TO KEEP THE PATHS AND 34 X 76cm
130
RIDES, AND DOGS ON THE LEASH. PLEASE DO NOT PICK € 100 - 150
A GREEN AND WHITE PAINTED TIMBER
NOR HARM THE FLOWERS OF FLOWERING SHRUBS. THEY
SIGN ‘PRIVATE NO ENTRANCE TO GAR-
ARE PLANTED FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF ALL’ 141
DENS BY THIS GATE. PLEASE ENTER ONLY
33 x 79cm A GREEN AND WHITE PAINTED TIMBER ESTATE
BY THE MAIN GATE IN THE FARM YARD’.
33 X 79cm
€ 100 - 150 SIGN
‘WHILE THE BLUEBELLS ARE IN FLOWER MOTORS WILL
€ 100 - 150
136 BE ADMITTED TO THE DEMENSE BY THE MILLBROOK
A GREEN AND WHITE PAINTED TIMBER ESTATE GATE ONLY AS FAR AS THE FOOT OF PARKHILL’. 35 X
131
SIGN, 77cm
A GREEN AND WHITE PAINTED ESTATE
‘TO THE PUBLIC, YOU ARE ASKED TO KEEP THE PATHS AND € 100 - 150
SIGN
RIDES, AND DOGS ON THE LEASH. PLEASE DO NOT PICK
‘FARM, GARDENS AND ESTATE TRAFFIC ONLY’. 55
NOR HARM THE FLOWERS OF FLOWERING SHRUBS. THEY 142
X 141cm
ARE PLANTED FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF ALL’. A GREEN AND WHITE PAINTED TIMBER ESTATE
€ 100 - 150 33 x 79cm SIGN
€ 100 - 150 ‘WHILE THE BLUEBELLS ARE IN FLOWER MOTORS WILL
132
BE ADMITTED TO THE DEMENSE BY THE MILLBROOK
A GREEN AND WHITE PAINTED TIMBER
137 GATE ONLY AS FAR AS THE FOOT OF PARKHILL’.
SIGN
A GREEN AND WHITE PAINTED TIMBER ESTATE 35 X 77cm
‘SLOW 20 M.P.H., IN DEMENSE’. 45 X 65cm
SIGN, € 100 - 150
€ 100 - 150 ‘PRIVATE ROAD, NO ADMITTANCE, EXCEPT ON BUSINESS’.
39 x 81cm 143
133 € 100 - 150 AN IRISH BLACK AND WHITE PAINTED SIGN,
A GREEN AND WHITE PAINTED TIMBER
of shaped rectangular form with a raised boarder, cen-
SIGN
138 tral harp motif and lettering ‘REIDLEAN RYLANE’. 62cm
‘GARDEN HOUSE, - OTHERWISE STRICTLY PRIVATE
A GREEN AND WHITE PAINTED TIMBER ESTATE high, 69cm wide
AT ALL TIMES’.
SIGN, € 200 - 300
33 X 79cm
‘TO THE PUBLIC, YOU ARE ASKED TO KEEP THE PATHS AND
€ 100 - 150 RIDES, AND THE DOGS ON THE LEESH PLEASE. DO NOT 144
PICK NOR HARM THE FLOWERS OF FLOWERING SHRUBS. AN IRISH BLACK AND WHITE PAINTED SIGN,
134 THEY ARE PLANTED FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF ALL’. of shaped rectangular form with a raised boarder,
TWO GREEN AND WHITE PAINTED TIMBER 31 x 80cm central harp motif and lettering ‘BAILE AN CHOLLAIGH
ESTATE SIGN € 100 - 150 BALLINCOLLIG’.
‘PRIVATE FISHING’.
€ 200 - 300
22 x 46cm and 20 x 37cm (2)
139
€ 100 - 150 A GREEN AND WHITE PAINTED TIMBER ESTATE
SIGN
‘TO PARK HILL’. 34 X 77cm
€ 100 - 150
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149
A LONG RECTANGU-
LAR PAINTED PINE
LOW STOOL
with plain side supports.
41cm high, 101cm wide
€ 200 - 300

150
A PINE CURVED
RAILBACK ARM- 155
CHAIR the stick A CHILD’S PONY TRAP WITH BACK TO BACK
back, SEATS,
flat armrests and dished
the timber frame with painted decoration, with steel
saddle seat on splayed
wheels, 59cm wide, 150cm long.
turned legs with turned
€ 500 - 600
twin stretchers. 102cm
high, 60cm wide
€ 200 - 300

145 151
A 19TH CENTURY DRESSER, A WHITE PAINTED
the top section with moulded canope cornice, above PINE CURVED RAIL-
three shelves, with twin drawers and panelled cup- BACK CHAIR
board base. 210cm high, 180cm wide, 50cm deep with scroll armrests,
€0-0 dished saddle seat on
splayed turned legs
joined by stretchers
€ 200 - 300

146 152
A PAINTED KITCHEN A 19TH CENTURY
TABLE OF COMPACT STAINED LONG
PROPORTIONS, BENCH,
of rectangular form and with plain seat above
compact proportions a shaped frieze with
with a plain frieze raised trestle feet and plain
on square legs joined buttress. 43cm high,
by twin stretchers. 183cm wide, 25cm deep

153 156
147 A WHITE PAINTED A 19TH CENTURY PINE DOWRY CHEST
A 19TH STAINED PINE ARCMCHAIR the plain front, with lift-top with large opening to a
PINE CUPBOARD, with ladder back and large compartment, on a chest of two short and one
the carved and pierced slightly bowed armrests, long fielded panel drawers on shaped bracket feet.
gallery back on a shaped panelled seat and 120cm high, 122cm wide, 60cm deep
rectangular top. square chamfered legs € 600 - 800
Provenance: Co. Laois with double stretchers.
€ 500 - 700 91cm high, 64cm wide
Provenance: Co. Kerry
€ 300 - 500

148 154 157

A VICTORIAN PINE CHILD’S COT,
with rocker base, 75cm high, 90cm long, 49cm wide.
€ 150 - 250
A 19TH CENTURY RED AND WHITE PAINTED A LARGE PINE RECTANGULAR FARMHOUSE
PINE KITCHEN TABLE, TABLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY,
three panel top, above a plain frieze raised on square on turned tapering legs. 213 x 120cm
legs with chamfered corners, joined by four outside € 400 - 600
stretchers. 76.5cm high, 183cm wide, 74cm deep
Provenance: Co. Kerry
€ 1,000 - 1,500

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162 169
A LARGE RECTAN- A VICTORIAN
GULAR MAP CHEST, STRIPPED PINE
fitted with four shallow LONG CASE CLOCK,
and one deep drawer with swan neck
with inset brass han- pediment, the hood
dles, 106cm high, 132cm enclosing a painted dial
wide, 86cm deep. by ‘Glanville, Waterford’
€ 500 - 600 with pendulum and
weights, 208cm high
€ 750 - 850
158 163
A LARGE STRIPPED PINE FOOD CUPBOARD, A STAINED OAK
the sloped lift top above a pair of twin panel door RECTANGULAR
cupboards, above an open compartment on bracket FALL-FRONT SPECI-
feet, 118cm high, 153cm wide, 64cm deep. MEN CHEST, 170
€ 500 - 600 73cm wide, 41cm deep. A 19TH CENTURY PINE
€ 150 - 200
KITCHEN CUPBOARD,
of rectangular form with
a plain three panel top,
heavy wrought iron hinges,
two frieze drawers above
159
164 two cupboard doors
A LARGE STRIPPED
A 19TH CENTURY raised on square support.
PINE, IRON-BOUND,
PINE BENCH, 74.5cm high, 134cm wide,
RECTANGULAR
68cm deep Provenance:
CHEST, the plain panel seat, on
slated side supports. Tipperary
with hinged lid, interior
compartment, and 112cm wide, 63.5cm € 500 - 800
raised on platform base, high
74cm high, 142cm wide, € 100 - 200
78cm deep
€ 500 - 600

160 165
A STRIPPED PINE A PAIR OF 19TH
OPEN HANGING CENTURY OLD PINE
WALL RACK WITH AND RUSH LADDER
DECORATIVE BACK LOW CHAIRS,
FRIEZE, 91cm high
94cm high, 100cm wide, € 200 - 300
21cm deep.
€ 200 - 400

166
A 19TH CENTURY
GREEN PAINTED
CUTLERY DRAWER,
with two compartments
and a central integral
divide. 16cm high, 41cm
wide, 22cm deep
€ 200 - 300

167
A 19TH CENTURY
MAHOGANY CUT-
LERY DRAWER
with 2 compartments
and a central integral
divide. 19cm high, 40cm
wide, 24.5cm deep
€ 200 - 300

161 168
A 19TH CENTURY STRIPPED PINE CUP- A 19TH CENTURY 171
BOARD WITH ARCHITECTURAL PEDIMENT, STAINED LONG A STRIPPED PINE KITCHEN DRESSER,
above twin fielded panel doors enclosing a fitted BENCH, the carved and pierced frieze above open shelves on
interior on a twin panel door cupboard base, 191cm with plain seat above a base with fitted drawers, cupboards and chicken
high, 104cm wide, 55cm deep, a shaped frieze with coop, raised on bun feet, 210cm high, 136cm wide,
€ 500 - 600 trestle feet. 39cm high, 49cm deep
184cm wide, 25cm € 1,000 - 1,500
deep Provenance: Co.
Tipperary
€ 200 - 400
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172 179 186

A PAINTED TIMBER A VICTORIAN GLAZED AN 19TH CENTURY
SHOP SIGN IN THE EARTHENWARE STAINED WOOD CUT-
FORM OF A TEAPOT, FLAGON, LERY TRAY,
inscribed ‘Tea Blenders inscribed ‘O’Connor with two compartments
- Dealers Since 1791’, Brothers, Sligo 1889’, and having a raised central
45cm high, 58cm wide, with spiral twist handle carrying handle.
11cm deep. converted to a table lamp, € 100 - 200
€ 150 - 250 42cm high.
€ 500 - 600

173 180 187

A TOLEWARE CYLIN- AN EARLY 20TH AN 19TH CENTURY
DRICAL CONTAINER CENTURY BLUE STAINED WOOD CUT-
WITH LID AND CAR- ENAMEL BREAD LERY TRAY,
RYING HANDLES, BIN, with two compartments
painted with a pig and . 40 x 37 x 28cm and having a raised central
‘LARD’, 25cm diameter, € 100 - 200 carrying handle.
29.5cm high. € 100 - 200
€ 100 - 200

174 181 188

A PAINTED PINE A LARGE VICTORIAN A FIRST PERIOD BEL-
SHOP SIGN, BLACK CAST IRON LEEK WASH JUG AND
arch-top with relief duck TEA-KETTLE, BASIN,
and inscribed ‘Ryan of with fitted lid and raised Jug 26cm high, Basin 35cm
Dublin, Est. 1853 , 54cm loop handle, 38cm high, diameter
high, 44cm wide. 37cm wide over handle € 100 - 200
€ 200 - 400 and spout
€ 50- 100

175 182 189

A PAINTED TIMBER A ‘MOIRA POTTERY’ AN 19TH CENTURY
SHOP SIGN, 15 LBS CREAM STAINED WOOD CUT-
arch top with relief pig CROCK AND COVER, LERY TRAY,
and inscribed ‘Thomas 26cm high, 25cm with two compartments
Brown & Son, Purveyor diameter and having a raised central
to the Nobility’, 63cm € 50 - 100 carrying handle.
high, 91cm wide. € 500 - 1,000
€ 200 - 400

176 183 190

A TOLEWARE DECO- A PAINTED CAST A PAIR OF EARLY 19TH
RATIVE WATERING IRON BOOT SCRAP- CENTURY IRISH LIME-
CAN, ER, STONE PILAR CARS,
with transfer printed , on a rectangular lime- of triangular form with
decoration, 39cm, 39cm, stone base. 42cm high, carved ‘trinity’ relief. 25cm
18cm deep 47cm wide, 42cm deep high, 35.5cm wide, 33cm
€ 200 - 300 € 150 - 250 deep Provenance: Co.
Limerick
€ 500 - 800

177 184 191

A VICTORIAN A PAINTED CYLIN- A PAINTED ZINC HIP
GLAZED EARTHEN- DRICAL METAL BATH,
WARE FLAGON, FLOUR BIN, with rounded rim. 47cm
inscribed ‘O’Connor with hinged top, banded high, 98cm wide, 75cm
Brothers, Sligo 1889’, body with ‘FLOUR’ deep
converted to a table lettering. 40.5cm high, € 200 - 400
lamp, 30cm high. 37cm wide
€ 500 - 600 € 300 - 400

178 185 192

A VICTORIAN A COLLECTION OF AN EARLY 20TH CEN-
GLAZED EARTHEN- TREEN, TURY PAINTED CHILDS
WARE FLAGON, including a Welsh spoon, DOLL HOUSE,
inscribed ‘O’Connor a Georgian lignum vitae 121cm high, 97cm wide,
Brothers, Sligo 1889’, bowl, parquetry dice 61cm deep Provenance:
with scroll handle, con- cube and various cups Midlands
verted to a table lamp, and circular boxes. € 400 - 600
44cm high. € 120 - 180
€ 500 - 600

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193 200
A LARGE WHITE TWO LATE 18TH / EAR- 207
MARBLE CIRCULAR LY 19TH CENTURY ‘RAT AN IRISH WROUGHT
MORTAR, DE CAVE’ WROUGHT IRON D-SHAPED HAR-
the tapering bowl with four IRON CANDLE HOLDERS, NAN STAND
exterior lug hands and flat- raised on domed timber the open pane decorated
tened rim, 50cm diameter bases. 21cm high and 20cm with paired scrolls with
and 23cm high high hinged arm. 36 x 37cm
€ 300 - 400 € 600 - 800 € 200 - 300

194 201 208

A EARLY 19TH CENTURY
LARGE CAST IRON POT,
of circular bulbous form,
with out-turned rim, and
applied twin handles,
raised on three short
splayed legs. 50cm wide
€ 150 - 250
AN EARLY 19TH CEN-
TURY WROUGHT IRON
HEARTH FLESH FORK,
with pierced terminal for
hanging, with naïve deco-
ration and three prongs.
65cm long
€ 800 - 1,000
AN IRISH WROUGHT
IRON D-SHAPED HAR-
NAN STAND
decorated with wavy cross
bars, with hinged arm. 38
x 34cm
€ 150 - 250

195 202 209

A EARLY 19TH CENTURY A IRON AND TIMBER A CIRCULAR
LARGE CAST IRON POT, ADJUSTABLE RUSH WROUGHT IRON
of circular bulbous form, LIGHT, TRIVET
with out-turned rim, and on X-framed base. 120.5cm with tripod supports
applied twin handles, high (not extended) € 100 - 150
raised on three short € 600 - 800
splayed legs. 43cm wide
over handles, 32cm high
€ 150 - 200

196 203 210

A LARGE POTTERY A WROUGHT IRON A PAINTED CARVED
BOWL, CANDLE STAND ON TIMBER DECOY MODEL
of tapered circular form, TRIPOD BASE, OF A PIDGEON
with out-turned rim, the 109CM TALL with a hinged support
bowl with yellow enamel. € 300 - 500 beneath. 30cm long, 9cm
47.5cm diameter wide, 10cm tall
€ 50 - 100 € 200 - 300

197 204 211

A LATE 19TH/EARLY A WROUGHT IRON A GREEN PAINTED TIM-
20TH CENTURY CAST PRONG TOASTING BER DUCK DECOY
IRON GATE, FORK 40cm long, 9cm wide,
the twin loop top above five the four prongs entwining 10cm tall
graduated bars, with cross to form a spiral twist han- € 200 - 300
stretcher and handle.107 dle. 45cm long
x 113cm € 100 - 200
€ 200 - 400

198 205 212

A CAST IRON ‘DUTCH A 19TH CENTURY A BROWN PAINTED
CROWN’ GAME-HANG- WROUGHT IRON AND CARVED WOOD-
ER, THREE PRONG TOAST- EN DUCK DECOY
the circular frame with ING FORK with crown top. 16cm high,
applied hooks. 26cm diam- with hook end handle, 34cm long, 13cm wide,
eter, 27cm high 50cm long € 200 - 300
€ 50 - 100 € 100 - 200

199 206 213

TWO IRON CIRCULAR A WROUGHT IRON A PAIR OF TIMBER
SKILLET BASES, BRANDING IRON SQUARE SHAPED
one with fixed handle with the lettering ‘WD’ BLOCK PINE COUNTER
and the other with swing € 100 - 200 WELLS
handle, 36cm diameter 19cm high, 14cm wide,
and 31cm diameter respec- 15cm deep
tively. € 100 - 200
€ 100 - 150

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214 221 228

A SET OF THREE CAR-
RIGALINE POTTERY
JUGS
in various sizes, with a
large mug, plain cream with
blue band within brown.
18cm, 15cm, 16.5cm
€ 150 - 250
AN IRISH COALISLAND
SLIPWARE POTTERY
CIRCULAR BOWL WITH
RIBBED SIDES
brown ground decoration
with cream slipware spray
28cm diameter, 9cm tall
€ 200 - 300
THREE 19TH CENTURY
SYCAMORE CIRCULAR
BOWLS
31cm diameter; 37cm diame-
ter; 22cm diameter
€ 200 - 300

215 222 229

TWO CARRIGALINE A 19TH CENTURY THREE SYCAMORE
WHITE GLAZED PINE HANGING BOOK BOWLS OF VARIOUS
EARTHENWARE JUGS SHELF, SIZES
blue within brown. 14cm the four irregular sized € 300 - 400
€ 200 - 300 shelves with shaped sides.
100cm high, 81cm wide,
25cm deep Provenance:
East Cork
€ 100 - 200

216 223 230

FIVE CARRIGALINE A STAINED PINE A PAIR OF IRISH PAINT-
POTTERY MUGS WITH APPRENTICE CABINET ED TIMBER MIRRORS OF
BLUE BAND. MAKER’S MINIATURE RECTANGULAR FORM
9CM CHEST OF DRAWERS, WITH PIERCED FRAMES.
€ 200 - 300 19TH CENTURY, 30 X 46cm
36.5cm high, 30cm wide, Provenance: Co. Clare
17.5cm deep € 100 - 150
€ 200 - 300

217 231
224
TWO CARRIGALINE A MIRRORED AND
A MAHOGANY
POTTERY MUGS, PAINTED ADVERTISE-
SQUARE SHAPED
GREEN BAND. MENT SIGN.
BLOCK MERCHANTS
11CM ‘SCHWEPPES IRISH TABLE
COUNTER WELL
€ 100 - 150 WATER’
9cm high, 12cm wide,
30.5 x 51cm
11.5cm deep
€ 200 - 300
€ 100 - 200

218 225 232

TWO CARRIGALINE
POTTERY JUGS, BLUE
BOWL. 17CM WIDE
€ 150 - 200
A PAINTED AND A 19TH CENTURY YEL-
STAINED PINE REC- LOW PAINTED TIMBER
TANGULAR WALL SCALE MODEL OF AN
MOUNTED CANDLE IRISH DRESSER,
BOX the plain top with wavy frieze
with shaped raised back and two open shelves, on
and wavy rim. 18cm high, an open compartmented
28cm wide, 11cm deep fiddle front base with shaped
€ 200 - 300 apron and bracket feet.
€ 300 - 400

219 A LARGE 226 233

COALISLAND POTTERY AN EARLY 20TH CEN-
BOWL. TURY EARTHENWARE
32cm diameter POTTERY MERCHANTS
€ 150 - 250 DISPLAY BUTTER
STAND
of dished square design,
painted inscription to front
‘Pure Butter’, Parnall &
Sons, Bristol. 35 x 36cm
€ 300 - 500
A 19TH CENTURY WHITE
PAINTED TIMBER SCALE
MODEL OF AN IRISH
DRESSER,
the moulded cornice above
a pierced frieze, two open
shelves and shaped side pan-
els and a two door panelled
cupboard base.
€ 300 - 400

220 227 234

AN IRISH COALISLAND
SLIPWARE POTTERY
CIRCULAR TAPERING
CROCK
of typical brown glaze with
cream slipware decoration.
32cm diameter, 17cm tall
€ 150 - 250
A SYCAMORE OVAL A 19TH CENTURY RED
BOWL WITH TWIN PAINTED TIMBER SCALE
HANDLES MODEL OF AN IRISH
51 X 33cm CUPBOARD,
€ 100 - 200 the wavy gallery back with
shaped rectangular shelf
and shaped spandrels, the
rectangular cupboard base
with twin frieze drawers and
two cupboard doors.
€ 200 - 300
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235
A 19TH CENTURY PINE LOW
BENCH,
splat back with downward sweeping arms
raised on square legs joined by a stretch-
er to the rear Provenance: Co. Wexford
€ 300 - 500

236
A COLLECTION OF THREE BISCUIT
TINS,
each decorated in ‘Gearys’ Biscuits, Lim-
erick’ labels in blue, red and yellow. 24cm
high, 23cm wide, 22cm deep (3)
€ 50 - 100

237 241 242 243

A WALL HUNG HORSESHOE A WHITE PAINTED CUP-
SHAPED MIRROR AND COAT BOARD,
STAND, moulded top above five cof-
the stained timber frame housing a loz- fered panel doors enclosing
enge shaped bevelled plate, surmounted a fitted interior raised on a
with five turned hooks. 74cm high, 58cm plain platform base. 213cm
wide, 15cm deep high, 126cm wide, 52cm deep
€ 300 - 400 Provenance: Co. Tipperary
€ 300 - 500
A STAINED PINE LAR-
DER,
the moulded cornice above
a twin fielded panel door
raised on a platform base.
184cm high, 108cm wide,
55cm deep Provenance:
Kildysart, Co. Clare
€ 800 - 1,200
A PAINTED CUPBOARD BY
‘THE DUBLIN FURNITURE
MANUFACTURING CO.
LTD.’
moulded top above two long five
panel doors on a plain platform
base. 214cm high, 127cm wide,
48cm deep
€ 500 - 800

238
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY LONG
WHITE PAINTED PINE COAT RACK,
with ten hooks mounted on a rectangular
shaped panel with chamfered edges.
18cm high, 207cm wide Provenance:
Portarlington, Co. Laois
€ 200 - 300

239
A 19TH CENTURY STAINED KITCH-
EN TABLE,
the seven panel top with moulded rim
above a plain frieze raised on baluster
turned legs. 76cm high, 155cm wide,
117cm deep Provenance: Co. Laois
€ 800 - 1,200

240
A 19TH CENTURY STAINED LOW
DRESSER,
three graduated central doors above
an arched compartment flanked by twin
panel fielded doors on a plain platform
base. 92cm high, 183.5cm wide, 38.5cm
deep Provenance: Co. Dublin
€ 800 - 1,200

240A
A MATCHED PAIR OF BLACK METAL
CALDRONS,
each of circular form with moulded rim,
banded body with raised angular handle
on three splayed feet, twenty-five gallons
each. 50.5cm high, 67cm wide
€ 800 - 1,200
244
A 19TH CENTURY STAINED PINE ESTATE CABINET, CO. ANTRIM,
the top superstructure with moulded top and three fielded doors revealing fitted shelves,
above three drawers with turned wooden handles and three cupboard doors on a platform
base. 22cm high, 190cm wide, 59cm deep Provenance: Co. Antrim
€ 1,500 - 2,000

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245 253
A PAINTED PINE 251 A JOHN FRENCH ARK-
AND LEATHER AN UNUSUAL IRISH LOW STUDIO POTTERY
UPHOLSTERED FOLK ART ‘GOD IN A SHAPED CIRCULAR DISH
HIGHSTOOL, BOTTLE’ in turquoise and dark blue,
the square padded seat the green tinted glass decorated with geometric
top above square taper- bottle with crucifix pattern with shaped wavy
ing supports joined by mounted internally. A rim. 37cm diameter
stretcher. 72cm high variation of ship in a € 200 - 300
€ 100 - 150 bottle. 30cm tall
€ 100 - 150

247
A PAINTED TIMBER 254
252 A SMALL IRISH STAINED
SCALE MODEL OF AN UNUSUAL IRISH
‘IRENE, LONDON’ WOOD CUTLERY TRAY
FOLK ART ‘GOD IN A with twin compartments with
A TWO MAST FULL BOTTLE’
KEEL STEAM BOAT, integral handle. 28 x 20cm
with liquid, using an
complete with rigging, € 100 - 150
American whiskey
two stepped masts and bottle. 30cm high
propeller, fitted on a
€ 100 - 150
painted wood stand.
€ 400 - 600
255
A 19TH CENTURY
248 STAINEDWOOD REC-
A LARGE 19TH CEN- TANGULAR CUTLERY
The mysterious “God in a Bottle” -
TURY CARVED OAK TRAY
TOWEL RAIL, where votive offerings are suspended with brass handle and two
with four hanging rails, within bottles filled with liquid. This id- wells. 26cm high, 38cm wide
on trestle ends with iosyncratic form of vernacular art often € 200 - 300
arched splayed foot, 110
features religious themes, depicting
x 120cm high
€ 200 - 400
scenes from the Bible or other spiritual
imagery.
With historical roots spanning various 256
249 cultures and regions worldwide, “God A LONG RECTANGULAR
A STAINED PINE in a Bottle” art serves as a unique medi- PAINTED PINE LOW
WALL MOUNTED um for expressing faith and storytelling STOOL
CANDLE BOX, with plain side supports.
77cm high
in a compact and visually captivating 43cm high, 130cm wide
€ 100 - 200 manner. Notably, this form of folk art € 200 - 300
is particularly associated with Ireland,
where it had a strong tradition.
Interestingly, these intriguing creations
occasionally found their way to En-
gland, likely brought by Irish laborers
250
A PLASTER PLAQUE working on roads and building sites. 257
DEPICTING A PRO- Despite their mysterious and some- AN IRISH TALL BACK
FILE OF AN IRISH times bizarre appearance, these sculp- STAINED PINE CANDLE
WOLFHOUND, BOX
tures inside bottles carry significant
29 x 27cm 94cm high
€ 80 - 120
religious and cultural significance, rep- € 200 - 300
resenting a fascinating aspect of folk art
and vernacular heritage.

258
A YELLOW PAINTED ‘ADAVOYLE’ TIMBER GREAT
NORTHERN RAILWAY LINE SIGN
28 X 150CM
Provenance: Adavoyle, Co. Armagh former railway station
closed 1933
€ 200 - 300
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74
A KILKENNY BLACK MARBLE FIREPLACE C. 1800
with frieze pediment on plain column supports
€ 5,000 - 8,000

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AN IRISH WROUGHT Harnen stands, characterized by their di-
IRON D-SHAPED verse patterns, were fixtures next to open
HARNAN STAND peat fires in rural dwellings. Their function
the open pane decorat- was to gradually dry oatcakes instead of
ed with paired scrolls baking them. The customary method in-
with hinged arm. 36 x volved hanging the bread loaf in a baker
37cm over the fire for baking. After baking, it was
€ 200 - 300 then moved to the harnen stand, strategi-
cally placed in front of the fire to enrich its
crust. Irish oatcakes have a long history in
Ireland, dating back to the time when oats
were a staple crop in the country. Over
time, with changes in agricultural practices
and dietary preferences, potatoes eventu-
ally supplanted oats as the primary staple
crop in Ireland. Crafted mainly from iron
and predominantly employed in the 18th
century, particularly across the Ulster re-
gion, these stands played a crucial role in
traditional baking practices.

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