Pair of Irish silver strawberry dishes by Joseph Walker
A pair if Queen Anne Irish silver strawberry dishes by Joseph Walker, Dublin 1709, made $32,760 over a top estimate of $6,000 at Christie’s in New York. The dishes were from the collection of investor, documentary film maker and collector Anne H Bass (1941-2020) in one of New York’s most iconic private residences. They had been acquired from S J Shrubsole in New York in 1983. A set of four George II Irish silver candlesticks by John McLaughlin Sr. Dublin c1755 made $18,900 and a similar era set of four candlesticks by Thomas Williamson, Dublin c1755 made $11,970. The online sale of 185 lots – Anne H Bass: The New York Interiors – made $4.3 million
