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A varied selection of items among the top lots on the first day at Mealy’s summer sale in Castlecomer on May 29 follows. The sale continues today.
THIS LARGE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY BLACK FOREST CHAMOI GROUP MADE 5,000 AT HAMMER
A TERRACOTTA GROUND IRISH DUN EMER WOOL CARPET MADE 2,800 AT HAMMER
THIS IRISH GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY BRASS BOUND PEAT BUCKET MADE 1,600 AT HAMMER
THIS WHITE CARVED STATUARY MARBLE MANTELPIECE MADE 3,000 AT HAMMER
The auction features carpets, rugs, kilims and runners from all over Persia, the southeast Caucasus and even Peking. Many of these are from locations that were far more familiar to travellers of an earlier generation than they are now. Thankfully this is beginning the change and the courtly delights of Persia are once again beginning to open up to western travellers.
A late 20th century bespoke Dun Emer Phoenix design carpet :UPDATE THIS MADE 6,600 AT HAMMER
A c1900 Heriz runner: UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,600 AT HAMMER
A collection of souvenirs from the Lusitania. UPDATE: THESE SOLD FOR 800
There will be memories of happier times on the Lusitania at Lynes and Lynes in Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork on May 23. The centenary of the sinking of the Cunarder, with the loss of 1,198 lives in an act of war off the coast of Cork, was marked earlier this month. Among 300 lots at Lynes and Lynes is a breakfast menu from the vessel in June 1910 along with two dinner plates, a silk ribbon worn at the launch in 1906 and a boxed medal. They will be sold as one lot with an estimate of just 100-200. The catalogue for the sale is on line. Here is a small selection.
A Dun Emer Guild rug, circa 1950, made originally for Aghadoe House, Killarney (500-1,000). The reproduction table in the image has a similar estimate. UPDATE: THE RUG SOLD FOR 1,300, THE DINING TABLE FOR 700
Antique french gilded and brass mantel clock with cloisonne panels. Circa 1900. (100-200). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 240
An antique Hepplewhite design window seat (200-300). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 220
A Georgian travel trunk (150-250). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 140
