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  • Posts Tagged ‘Cristoforo Vicari’

    LATE 19TH CENTURY ITALIAN SCULPTURE THE TOP LOT AT FONSIE MEALY

    Wednesday, March 9th, 2016
    Cristoforo Vicari (b1848) - a carved marble sculpture of a woodland nymph.

    Cristoforo Vicari (b1848) – a carved marble sculpture of a woodland nymph.

    This soup ladle by Samuel Johns, Limerick sold for 7,600.

    This sauce ladle by Samuel Johns, Limerick sold for 7,600.

    This 19th century Italian carved marble sculpture of a woodland nymph was the top lot at Fonsie Mealy’s sale in Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny on March 8.  By Cristoforo Vicari and mounted on a large green marble plinth it made 50,000 on the hammer.  An 18th century carved carrara marble fireplace from Wolfe Tone’s house in Dublin made 36,000, a gilt mounted Vernis Martin kingwood display cabinet made 12,ooo, a 19th century diorama in two sections of a working factory staffed by mice made 10,000, a collection of ten South African one ounce gold Krugerrands, nine from 1974 and one from 1972, sold for 9,500 and a pair of fine cast Irish George II silver candlesticks sold for 9,000.

    An 18th century sauce ladle by Samuel Johns, Limerick c1750 sold for 7,600, four Irish William IV carved armchairs made 8,500, an early 18th century Irish carved oak table made 8,000 and a three quarter length portrait of John MacNamara of Moyreisk, Co. Clare made 5,400.  A large George III style carved gilt wood over mantle originally at Clontarf Castle sold for 3,000.

    The auction realised 480,000 on the hammer.

    (See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for March 7 and March 2, 2016).