This matched pair of Irish white, cobalt and clear cut glass mirror chandeliers come up at Sotheby’s in New York on January 31 with an estimate of $12,000-$18,000. One is c1800, the other probably later. According to Sotheby’s this particular form of an oval mirror with a faceted glass and hanging girandole appears to be an Irish invention. Related mirror girandoles are in the collections of the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. They are part of the estate of Houston oil and diesel and trucking magnate Jimmy Younger, who died in 2022 aged 94. The drawings, paintings, sculptures, furniture, and works of decorative art from the collection encapsulate the varied artistic trends that defined European Mannerist and Baroque art of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. He served on many boards including The National Gallery, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and The Blanton Museum of Art.
