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This very rare and early Queen Anne Cork silver mug dating to around 1710 is a feature lot at Hegarty’s online sale in Bandon on October 15. Made by Anthony Semirot, a Huguenot refugee who became a significant silversmith in 18th century Cork and was made a Freeman of the Cork Goldsmiths Co. in 1693, it is estimated at €6,500-€7,500. The catalogue for the sale, which offers a good selection of jewellery, is online. UPDATE: THIS WAS NOT SOLD BUT WAS UNDER OFFER AFTER THE AUCTION
A c1770 Cork silver coffee pot by John Nicholson. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
Silver, jewellery, art, rugs, furniture and collectibles will come under the hammer at Hegarty’s live online auction on July 16. Top lots include a George III Cork silver coffee pot by John Nicholson. The highly collectible c1770 piece is of baluster form, raised on a circular foot, with a cartouche, a family coat of arms and a hardwood handle. The estimate is €10,000-€12,000. At Hegarty’s last sale on June 26 a rare Irish silver cream ewer by Joseph Johns of Limerick from the same collection made €4,600 at hammer.
In a sale with a rich selection of rings a round, brilliant cut diamond solitaire of 2.02 carats and earrings is estimated at €10,000-€12,000. A Cartier cluster ring has an estimate of €7,500-€8,500, an Irish made gold, emerald and diamond ring is estimated at €2,000-€3,000 and a pair of Tiffany silver hoop earrings is estimated at €180-€220. An early panoramic oil on board of the Irish countryside by Norman McCaig is estimated at €800-€1,200 and Isabella, a sketch by John Butler Yeats, has an estimate of €700-€900. The catalogue is online.
Panoramic oil on board by Norman McCaig. UPDATE: THIS LOT WAS WITHDRAWN
GEORGE II CORK SILVER JUG. UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,600 AT HAMMER
Watches, jewellery and a Cork silver jug are among feature lots at Hegarty’s live online auction on January 8. A total of 350 lots, among them this c1750 cream jug by George Hodder (€2,400-€3,400) will come under the hammer. A yellow gold acquamarine and diamond ring and a diamond and ruby cluster ring are each estimated at €2,500-€3,500 and the sale will feature some antique furniture, art, silver and collectibles.
18TH CENTURY CORK GEORGE III SILVER SAUCE BOAT, BY JOHN SHEEHAN. UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,550 AT HAMMER
This c 1770 heavy silver sauce boat by John Sheehan, Cork comes up at Hegarty’s online sale in Bandon on July 31. With punch mark details to the rim, triple scroll handle and tripod legs it weighs 262 grams. The estimate is 1,500-2,000. The auction offers a selection of garden furniture, art, antiques, silver and collectibles including an Edwardian secretaire bookcase, a vintage cast iron garden seat, a pair of Cantonese double gourd vases and a vintage iron armillary spear on corinthian column base.
A c1838 Cork cream jug with melon body by Richard Garde. UPDATE: THIS MADE 600 AT HAMMER
In Ireland we have a knack for a material that lends grace, style and permanence to all sorts of settings and occasions. So in a fickle era when fashion in antiques and everything else is fast moving it is heartening that silver has retained an enduring appeal.
Special silver sales at Woodwards in Cork, like the one coming up on May 11 are always popular. This one offers some Cork silver – always a draw for serious collectors – along with a selection of Irish flatware, Georgian and Victorian English silverware and plate and the estate of a collector of Royal Irish Silver. Prime lots include a 1970 pair of heavy entree dishes and covers with detachable handles by the Royal Irish Silver Co., Dublin (€2,000-€3,000), a c1775 sugar bowl with scalloped rim by Peter Wills, Cork (€700-€1,000), a c1838 cream jug with melon panelled body by Richard Garde, Cork (€500-€1,000), a pair of 1961 sauce boats (€600-€800) and an Irish butter pail design sugar bowl (€400-€800) both by William Egan and Sons.
A sugar bowl of butter pail design by William Egan & Sons Cork, with Gleninsheen Collar commemorative hallmark for 1973. UPDATE: THIS MADE 850 AT HAMMER
This Irish 18th century Cork silver sugar bowl comes up as lot 5 at Hegarty’s timed and live auction on January 24. It is engraved with initials to one side and a family crest to the other and estimated at 800-900. The auction includes French furniture, silver, art and collectibles and the catalogue is online.
A pair of Cork Republican silver candlesticks will highlight a special live and online auction of Irish and English silver at Woodwards on October 16. The candlesticks were made by Egans during the Irish Civil War when silver could not be safely sent to the Assay Office in Dublin. It was instead stamped with the Arms of Cork, with two castles and a ship in the centre. Republican silver is both rare and prized by collectors. This pair is estimated at €3,000-€5,000. There is a Republican silver sugar tongs (€400-800), a Cork silver salver stamped ‘STERLING’ (€400-600) a spoon marked ‘Grand Central Hotel’ by Egans as well as items of Cork silver by Carden Terry and Jane Williams.
The militaria section is from the estate of Brother William Palladius Allen (1892-1984) and includes an old Irish Blunderbuss made by Robert Tomlinson, Dublin.
A gold Cork freedom box comes up at Bonhams Important Design sale in London on November 27. The oval George III box inscribed with the arms of Cork surrounded by foliage and bright cut engravings was made by William Reynolds circa 1780. There is a further gold freedom box by Reynolds, whose premises was at North Main Street in Cork, at the National Maritime Museum in London. Bonhams estimate this one at £20,000-30,000.
UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £23,000
A 19th century oil after Murillo, The Holy Children with a Shell, is estimated at 600-1,000. There is a selection of Georgian and later furniture including pieces made by O’Connell’s of Lavitt’s Quay Cork. Some period furniture is in need of restoration and this is reflected in the estimates. More than 40 lots of books and a copy of the will of John Evan-Freke, 6th Baron Carbery (1765-1845) are included. The catalogue is online.
A pocket sketchbook with 30 late Victorian watercolours from architects Henry and Arthur Hill . UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,400
A Cork silver sauceboat by Carden Terry. UPDATE: THIS MADE 950
Irish silver box by William Clarke, Cork c1730
An 18th century Irish Provincial silver box comes up at Bonhams Home and Interiors sale in London on March 7.
The c1730 box by William Clarke, Cork has a hinged cover chased with rococo decoration with butterflies on the base. It is estimated at £1,000-1,500.
On March 21 Bonhams will offer garden notes and a library catalogue for Burton Park, near Churchtown, Mallow, Co. Cork. It will come up as part of a fine books and manuscripts sale and comprises an account of seeds and plants in the garden and runs from April 1683 to February 1683-4. The estimate is £1,000-1,500.
