Early I9th century Irish giltwood convex mirror by Richard Jackson of Essex Bridge, Dublin. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
From an early 19th century marble specimen table, an Irish giltwood convex mirror by Richard Jackson and a pair of Italian scagliola Sienna marble columns there is much to tempt serious collectors in pursuit of hard to come by pieces at the Bishop’s House auction in Newry by Victor Mee.
These are the sort of sought after pieces you do not come across everyday. The specimen table, for example, was last at auction at the Tandragee Castle dispersal sale for the Duke of Manchester in the 1950’s. It is estimated at €4,000-€8,000. The early 19th century mirror by Richard Jackson of Essex Bridge, Dublin, surmounted by an eagle and with sconces and ivy leaf decoration, is estimated at €2,000-€4,000 and the Sienna columns, each over a metre tall, at €1,500-€3,000.
19th century specimen marble table UPDATE: THIS MADE 33,600 AT HAMMER
Among more than 1,100 lots are a pair of carved mahogany urns on pedestals in the Chippendale manner (€3,000-€5,000), a hand dyed deep leather Chesterfield sofa (€2,000-€4,000), a pair of late 18th century Italian giltwood and painted torcheres on paw feet (€1,500-€3,000) and an Irish Georgian Cork serving table with gallery back and reeded apron (€1,800-€2,800).
There are club fenders and brass bound peat buckets, clocks and garnitures, gilded bronze vases, bronze Grecian lidded urns, a Killarney wood box, brass liturgical pieces, altar candle holders, 18th and 19th century artwork and an early 20th century Stations of the Cross, collectibles and garden pieces including a 19th century limestone sundial and stone troughs
Viewing for Victor Mee’s sale at the Mourne Country Hotel on the evening February 12 and 13 and online gets underway at the Bishop’s House today.
One of a pair of Italian scagliola marble columns UPDATE: THESE MADE 1,500 AT HAMMER
