A particularly fine landscape by George Barret, a mirror by John and Francis Booker, an Irish armorial side table, a Killarney davenport and a Brussels tapestry are among the top lots at the annual
James Adam Country House Collections sale in Co. Louth on October 10.
The highest estimated lot of A Mountainous Wooded River Landscape and Waterfall and Three Figures by George Barret (c1728-1784) is estimated at 200,000. Adams say it was most likely painted in Ireland before Barret’s move to London in 1763. An Irish Georgian giltwood pier mirror by the Booker Brothers still has its makers label attached and is estimated at 50,000. An Irish armorial side table dates to about 1850 and has an estimate of 20,000, as has a large Killarney davenport.
A Wooded Landscape by Solomon Delane (1727-1812) is possibly of Tuscany and estimated at 40,000. There is a portrait of Frederick the Great of Prussia (3,000) and the 17th/18th Brussels tapesty of the Baptism of Clovis, often referred to as the first Christian King of France, is large and estimated at 10,000. A pair of compact George II giltwood mirrors attributed to Benjamin Goodison is estimated at 6,000. The same model of mirror was illustrated in Buckingham Palace in a 1927 edition of Country Life.
There is a Victorian sideboard from the Cornish house where Daphne du Maurier lived for decades and inspired her novel Rebecca. It is estimated at 10,000. There is a similar estimate on a Great Irish Deer set of antlers. The auction is at Townley Hall near Drogheda. A section of nearly 200 lots at the end of the catalogue is being offered online and by written bids only. These include the Moyne collection of miniatures, antiquarian prints and books. They will come up at a timed internet auction which will run to 6 p.m. on October 11.
George Barret (c.1728-1784) A Mountainous Wooded River Landscape with Waterfall and Three Figures UPDATE: THS MADE 200,000 AT HAMMER
A giltwood pier mirror by John and Francis Booker UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 50,000 AT HAMMER
A Killarney marquetry davenport UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
A Victorian sideboard from the Cornish house Daphne du Maurier lived in which inspired her novel Rebecca. UPDATE: THIS MADE 11,000 AT HAMMER
