A rare set of six English blue and white “Merryman” plates, probably London, 1752, from Lambay (£20,000-30,000). UPDATE: THESE MADE £30,000
A number of lots of Delftware from the Revelstoke collection sold by order of the Lambay Estate feature in Sotheby’s Arts of Europe sale in London on December 3. Between 1912 and 1934 the banker Cecil Baring, 3rd Lord Revelstoke, assembled a collection of delftware, slipware, Pratt ware and saltglaze stoneware. The lots of offer are from the Lambay Island home that Sir Edward Lutyens created for the Barings in what is considered his masterpiece of romantic castle architecture. At Lambay Baring and his wife Maude Lorillard displayed their rare pottery against whitewashed walls or scrubbed oak furniture, creating a late Arts and Crafts look. In 1934 a large part of the collection was sold by the 4th Lord Revelstoke at Puttick and Simpson in London. Some pieces went to museums like the Ashmolean in Oxford and the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. The sale will also feature some Irish furniture and silver.
An Irish rosewood book stand attributed to Williams and Gibton c1820 (£3,000-5,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE £3,125
An Irish George III mahogany wake table c1780 (£10,000-15,000). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
An Irish George III brass mounted peat bucket (£3,000-5,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE £15,000
A George II Irish mahogany blanket chest on stand c1750 (£7,000-10,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE £12,500