A skeleton clock, pewter, an early depiction of Waterford city and a set of 17 mahogany dining chairs from Cork Chamber of Commerce will all feature at Mealy’s Spring Fine Art sale in Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny on March 22 and 23. The auction includes one of Ireland’s largest private collections of clocks and timepieces and the pewter collection of the late Geoffrey O’Connor of Co. Kerry. The catalogue cover is a 19th century brass skeleton mantel clock in the form of the Sir Walter Scott monument in Edinburgh from the collection of Michael Guerin, who died in 2015. It is estimated at 700-1,000.There are unique Irish clocks including both long case and a double fusee wall clock with an intricate case carving by Chancellor and Son of Dublin as well as English, French and German clocks.
An early watercolour View of Reginald’s Tower in Waterford by John George Mulvany (1766-1838) is certain to arouse local interest (1,200-1,800). The pewter collection includes work by the highly collectible Austen and Son of North Main St., Cork.
(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for March 14, 2016)
A skeleton clock (700-1,000). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 1,180
An early watercolour of Waterford, A view of Reginald’s Tower by John George Mulvany (1766-1838) (1,200-1,800) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 6,000
A set of five Irish pewter hay stack measures by Austen and Son, North Main St., Cork (400-600).
A Killarney davenport (5,000-6,000). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 5,400