An oval George III Irish cut glass mirror chandelier comes up at Sotheby’s Arts of Europe sale in London on July 3. Made c1790 the mirror has a border of faceted drops and the chandelier has seven lights. It is estimated at £40,000-60,000.
A folio of Irish landscapes by John Laporte comes up at Sotheby’s Old Master and British Drawings sale on the following day. The 62 pencil and one pen and ink works in the folio include views of Belleek; Muckross Abbey; Killarney Lake from Innisfallen; Kenmare Church with Landsdown Lodge in the distance; Turk Lake, Killarney; Glenflesk near Killarney; the Brickeen Bridge, Killarney; the Ardtully Bridge on the Rowdy River; Blackwater Bridge; Loch Derg and the Dublin Lighthouse. One is dated July 31, 1798, another is dated just 1798. The estimate is £3,000-6,000.
An Irish George III mirror chandelier at Sotheby’s. (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS MADE £49,250.
One from a folio of Irish landscapes by John Laporte , born in Dublin in 1761, died London 1839. (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD.