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  • CURIOSITIES AT MATTHEWS AUCTION IN CO. MEATH

    With everything from an original Victorian deep Sea diver’s helmet to a 1.2 carat Tiffany solitaire ring from a broken engagement to a small library of books and a Victorian carved ivory penis the weekend antique and interiors sale at Matthews of Oldcastle, Co. Meath on April 22 and 23  is brimful of curiosity.  Over 1,100 lots will come under the hammer.  The ivory lot is pithily described as a forget-me-not in from an old Anglo-Irish military family.  The catalogue is due to go online on April 14.  Here is a small selection:

    Victorian deep Sea diver’s helmet.

    Victorian carved ivory penis

    Two antique African bronzes

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