Silver, paintings, costume jewellery, clocks, porcelain, prints, Chinese and Japanese ceramics, books, maps and collectible items will come under the hammer at the James Adam sale of fine period interiors in Dublin on May 22. The catalogue, which lists 469 lots, is online. Here is a small selection:
AN EDWARDIAN SATINWOOD BUREAU CABINET (2,000-3,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
PIETRO FRAGIACOMO (1856-1922)
On the Lagoon, Venice (4,000-6,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 34,000 AT HAMMER
AN ITALIAN WALNUT AND MARQUETRY INLAID CASSONE, 17TH CENTURY, (1,200-1,800) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
A LARGE CHINESE SIX FOLD INLAID EBON SCREEN each panel decorated with mother of pearl diamond field and set with four carved jadeite reliefs depicting houses, urns, cows, camels etc. (1,000-1,500) UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,100 AT HAMMER
FRANZ BERGMAN (AUSTRIAN, 19TH CENTURY)
A pair of cold painted bronzes depicting standing blackamoor figures
Signed and dated ‘F. Bergman, 1882’ (400-600) UPDATE: THESE SOLD FOR 850 AT HAMMER
A GEORGE I PLAIN PINT SIZED SAUCEPAN, London 1715, possibly Richard Greene (1,000-1,500) UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,400 AT HAMMER