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    A BRITISH DIARY ACCOUNT OF THE EASTER RISING

    Sunday, July 10th, 2016
    An extract from the autograph diary of Lt. Henry Douglas.

    An extract from the autograph diary of Lt. Henry Douglas.

    An autograph manuscript diary recording a British Army officers’ service in Dublin during the Easter Rising comes up at Sotheby’s in London in July 12.  Lt. Henry Douglas of Matlock in Derbyshire was in the 2nd Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, which was hurriedly transferred to Ireland on April 26, 1916.

    The diary describes snipers and a slow advance into central Dublin  from Kingstown.  This was followed by an account of  reaching Portobello Barracks and the arrival of prisoners and his ultimate arrival at Sackville St. after the rebel surrender.  It is estimated at £5,000-7,000 at Sotheby’s sale of English Literature, childrens books and illustrations.
    UPDATE: THIS WAS SOLD FOR £5,500

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    A MEISSEN EWER AND AN ARTWORK ATTRIBUTED TO FRANZ SNYDERS

    Saturday, July 9th, 2016

    The 660 lot summer sale by Mealy’s in Castlecomer on July 12 offers treasures including a Meissen porcelain ewer emblematic of the element fire (7,000-11,000), a painting of a Wild Boar attacked by a pack of dogs attributed to Franz Snyders (35,000-55,000) and a heavy large Georgian carved white mantle piece. This most interesting auction will include Oriental and European porcelain, antique furniture, portraits, silver and paintings.  The catalogue is online and live internet bidding is available.

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for July 6, 2016)

    A Chinese porcelain butterfly vase

    A Chinese porcelain butterfly vase  UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,000 AT HAMMER

    A HEAVY LATE GEORGIAN CARVED WHITE MARBLE MANTEL PIECE

    A HEAVY LATE GEORGIAN CARVED WHITE MARBLE MANTEL PIECE  UPDATE: THIS MADE 4,400 AT HAMMER

    A FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION OF A MASTERPIECE, Les Tres Riches Heures de Jean, Duc de Berry,edited by Franco Cosimo Panini, copy 508/550,

    A FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION OF A MASTERPIECE, Les Tres Riches Heures de Jean, Duc de Berry,edited by Franco Cosimo Panini, copy 508/550, UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,900 AT HAMMER

    A wild boar attacked by a pack of dogs attributed to Franz Snyders

    A wild boar attacked by a pack of dogs attributed to Franz Snyders  UPDATE: THIS MADE 37,000 ON THE HAMMER

    A Meissen ewer representing the element fire.

    A Meissen ewer representing the element fire.  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 12,000 AT HAMMER

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    WEDGWOOD VASE MAKES A WORLD RECORD PRICE AT CHRISTIE’S

    Friday, July 8th, 2016
    A WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALTES ENCAUSTIC DECORATED FIRST DAY VASE. COURTESY CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LT.D, 2016

    A WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALTES ENCAUSTIC DECORATED FIRST DAY VASE. COURTESY CHRISTIE’S IMAGES LT.D, 2016

    A Wedgwood vase made a world record price of £482,500 at Christie’s in London yesterday.  The Wedgwood black First Day vase more than doubled its high estimate to make a world record for a piece of English pottery.  It was part of Christie’s Exceptional sale which made £5,681,250 and achieved a sell through rate of 89% by value and 80% by lot.  A Meissen white model of a great Bustard, attributed to Johann Goetlieb Kirchner, 1732 made £842, 500, a pair of Sevres bleu celeste ice pails, covers and liners made £842,500 and a pair of Japanese inlaid iron vases and covers from the Komai Workshop, Kyoto made £302,500, a world record for the studio.

    Robert Copley, Deputy Chairman of Group, International Head of Furniture, Deputy Chairman, Christie’s UK said: “The Exceptional Sale saw international participation from registered bidders in 15 countries across 3 continents. The highlight of the sale was a Wedgwood black ‘First Day’s Vase’, one of only four day vases to have been thrown by Wedgwood himself, and one which has passed through generations of the Wedgwood family before being auctioned at Christie’s”.

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    WORLD AUCTION RECORDS FOR MASTERPIECES AT SOTHEBY’S

    Thursday, July 7th, 2016

    There was world auction records for Jean Etienne Leotard, Jan Brueghel the Elder and a work on paper by Sir Peter Lely at two days of sales of masterpieces from the past at Sotheby’s in London this week.  The auctions attracted collectors from over 50 countries and a participation at sales of Old Master paintings, sculpture, works of art and drawings that was up by 40%.  The four sales brought a combined total of £31,831,191.   A Dutch Girl at Breakfast by Jean Etienne Leotard made £4,405,000: Still Life of flowers in a stoneware vase by Jan Brueghel the Elder made £3,845,000 and a self portrait by Sir Peter Lely sold for £869,000.  The Orpheus Cup sold for £1.06 million.

    Jean Etienne Liotard - A Dutch Girl at Breakfast

    Jean Etienne Liotard – A Dutch Girl at Breakfast

    Jan Brueghel the Elder - A still life with flowers in a stoneware vase

    Jan Brueghel the Elder – A still life with flowers in a stoneware vase

    Sir Peter Lely's self portrait.

    Sir Peter Lely’s self portrait.

    SOUTH GERMAN, AUGSBURG, AROUND 1600 THE ROTHSCHILD ORPHEUS CUP

    SOUTH GERMAN, AUGSBURG, AROUND 1600
    THE ROTHSCHILD ORPHEUS CUP

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    SIGNED GARRISON KEILLOR FIRST EDITIONS AT FONSIE MEALY

    Wednesday, July 6th, 2016

    KEILLORTHE United States was sorry when Garrison Keillor stepped down last week as host of A Prairie Home Companion after 42 years.  Some lucky buyer might find consolation at Fonsie Mealy’s sale of the Dr. Philip Murray collection of Modern First Editions at the Gresham Hotel in Dublin onJuly 12.  Lot 32 is comprised of three signed first editions by Garrison Keillor, Lake Wobegon Days (Faber 1986); Leaving Home (Faber 1987) and Lake Wobegon Days, First US edition (Viking 1985). The first is inscribed:  to Dr. Murray, with good wishes, from the American heartland. The books are estimated at 150-200.

    The sale comprises 584 lots and the catalogue is online;  UPDATE: LAKE WOBEGON DAYS MADE 370 AT HAMMER

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    AN IRISH PROCLAMATION AT SOTHEBY’S THIS JULY

    Tuesday, July 5th, 2016
    The Proclamation at Sotheby's

    The Proclamation at Sotheby’s

    A copy of the Irish Proclamation comes up at Sotheby’s sale of English Literature, History, Childrens’ Books and Illustrations in London on July 12. When purchased in 1996 it was mounted on early stiff card.  It was professionally repaired at the Williamstown Art Conservation Centre in Massachusetts and afterwards preserved in a clamshell box. The restoration saw the copy removed from its previous mount, washed, archival backed, newly remounted on thin Japanese paper and encapsulated.  It is estimated at £100,000-150,000.

    This is one of a small number of copies printed at Liberty Hall on Easter Sunday 1916, marking the beginning of the Easter Rising. Three men, printer Christopher Brady and two compositors, Michael Molloy and Liam O’Brien handled the printing. The Rising led eventually to the foundation of the Irish Free State and later Irish Republic. Less than 50 copies of the original are thought to have survived.

    UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

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    THE WARWICK VASE FROM HADRIAN’S VILLA AT MASTERPIECE

    Friday, July 1st, 2016
    The monumental Warwick Vase.

    The monumental Warwick Vase.

    The massive mid 19th century Warwick Vase is a highlight at Anthony Outred’s stand at Masterpiece, which runs until next Wednesday at the Royal Hospital at Chelsea in London. It is of ancient Roman origin and Bacchic inspiration and was discovered in fragments at Hadrian’s Villa in 1771 by Gavin Hamilton. It was restored to Piranesi’s designs by Sir William Hamilton and passed to his nephew George Greville, Second Earl of Warwick. It now resides in Glasgow as part of the Burrell Collection.

    England is represented on the stand by a pair of panoramic views of Westminster that span 300 years.  One shows the buildings of 1895, the other is based on engravings from the time of Henry VIII.  They are based on aerial studies and engravings by English artists William Brewer and William Lionel Wyllie executed from a balloon 1,400 up.  They were published in May 1884 in the weekly illustrated magazine The Graphic.

    Westminster in the late 19th century

    Westminster in the late 19th century

    A view of Westminster c1584.

    A view of Westminster c1584.

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    IRISHMAN’S POLAR MEDAL AT DIX NOONAN WEBB

    Wednesday, June 29th, 2016
    THE Polar Medal awarded to Timothy McCarthy from Kinsale who sailed to South Georgia in the Antarctic with Shackleton comes up at auction in London on July 22. The unique bronze medal awarded to the Royal Naval Reserve Able Seaman for the epic 800 mile journey across the sub Antarctic Ocean is expected to make between £15,000 and £20,000 at Dix Noonan Webb, the international coin, medal and jewellery specialists.
    McCarthy sailed with Sir Ernest Shackleton in the 20 foot long boat James Caird from Elephant Island to South Georgia in 1916.  The 16 day journey to get help for their shipmates from the Polar exploration ship Endurance became one of the greatest maritime stories in history. Shackleton paid tribute to his shipmate:  “McCarthy, the best and most efficient of sailors, always cheerful under the most trying circumstances and who for these reasons I choose to accompany me on the boat journey to South Georgia”.
    The Kinsale man was one of just 26 selected to crew Endurance, whose aim was to cross the Antarctic continent, a journey of 1,800 miles.  They set sail in August 1914.  The following January Endurance was held up by pack ice in the Weddell Sea and later that year, damaged by the pressure of ice, was abandoned and later sank.  The crew established base camp on an ice flow but as supplies dwindled it was clear that help would have to be sought.  Six men set out on the James Caird for South Georgia, where there were whaling stations.

    After their rescue McCarthy was sent back to Britain with Shackleton’s warm gratitude. He was almost immediately thrust into service aboard the armed oil tanker SS Narrangansett.  This ship was torpedoed and sunk off the south west coast of Ireland on March 16, 1917 and McCarthy was one of 46 sailors who lost their lives.

    UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR £65,000:  THE ATHY, CO. KILDARE HERITAGE MUSEUM DEDICATED TO SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON WAS THE UNDER BIDDER.

    The Polar Medal.

    The Polar Medal.

    The James Caird being launched from the shore of Elephant Island in April 1916.

    The James Caird being launched from the shore of Elephant Island in April 1916.

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    ELK HORNS AT FONSIE MEALY’S CASTLECOMER SALE

    Monday, June 27th, 2016

    A pair of fossilized Great Irish Elk horns and skull will come up at Fonsie Mealy’s Chatsworth Fine Art sale in Castlecomer on June 28 and 29.  The horns with 12 points are approximately six feet eight inches across. There is some chipping loss and repairs. From Dartrey House, Co. Monaghan they are estimated at 10,000-15,000.

    Another animal lot is a large late 19th Century tiger skin with snarling head and teeth. This is estimated at 1,000-1,500.

    The specimen of "Cervus Giganteus Hibernicus Gigantic Irish Deer"

    The specimen of “Cervus Giganteus Hibernicus Gigantic Irish Deer”

    A 19th century tiger skin.

    A 19th century tiger skin.

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    A CARPET MADE FOR THE SUN KING AT SOTHEBY’S

    Monday, June 20th, 2016

    From opulent carpets made for the Sun King and Frederick the Great’s armchair to the intriguing Rothschild Orpheus Cup and gems of scientific innovation the sale entitled Treasures at Sotheby’s in London on July 6 offers much to the serious and wealthy collector.  Inaugurated in 2010 this highly curated sale is one of the more notable of the year in decorative art.  Combining royal and aristocratic provenance with craftsmanship and freshness to market the selection this summer includes furniture, silver, vertu, clocks, sculpture and works of art.

    Henry House, Head of Sotheby’s Furniture and Decorative Arts Department, said: “Each of the 46 lots in the sale exemplifies the definition of treasure. Formerly the preserve of Kings, Princes and Popes, they celebrate the genius and craftsmanship of the greatest artists and artisans of their era.”

    A ROYAL CARPET FOR THE PALAIS DU LOUVRE PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DIMITRI MAVROMMATIS A Louis XIV Savonnerie carpet for the galerie du Bord de l’eau (grande galerie), Palais du Louvre Paris Chaillot workshop of the Lourdet family, delivered on 10 June 1678 (£300,000-500,000)

    A ROYAL CARPET FOR THE PALAIS DU LOUVRE
    PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DIMITRI MAVROMMATIS
    A Louis XIV Savonnerie carpet for the galerie du Bord de l’eau (grande galerie), Palais du Louvre Paris
    Chaillot workshop of the Lourdet family, delivered on 10 June 1678 (£300,000-500,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £341,000

    SOUTH GERMAN, AUGSBURG, AROUND 1600 THE ROTHSCHILD ORPHEUS CUP (£600,000 - 800,000)

    SOUTH GERMAN, AUGSBURG, AROUND 1600
    THE ROTHSCHILD ORPHEUS CUP (£600,000 – 800,000)  UPDATE; THIS SOLD FOR £1,061,000

    CHAIR FOR FREDERICK THE GREAT A German rococo silvered armchair, attributed to Johann August Nahl, Potsdam, circa 1744-46 (£80,000-120,000)

    CHAIR FOR FREDERICK THE GREAT
    A German rococo silvered armchair, attributed to Johann August Nahl, Potsdam, circa 1744-46 (£80,000-120,000)  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

     

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