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This George III mahogany travelling desk comes up as lot 285 at the James Adam At Home timed online At Home auction which ends from 11 am on December 19. There is a baize lined interior and a fitted hinged side panel enclosing twin drawers. The estimate is 1,500-2,000. The first 156 lots comprises jewellery and watches. The catalogue is online. UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,200 AT HAMMER
THIS Victorian oak cased taxidermy display is lot 10 at the Library Collection sale at James Adam in Dublin on April 26. Viewing for this exciting sale with all kinds of everything thrown in gets underway in Dublin today. The display here depicts grey partridges in a rocky scrub setting. It is contained in a fine case on stand with spiral turned legs and stretcher and is estimated at 1,000-1,500. The catalogue is online.
Albert Power – Study of Terence MacSwiney
It looks a bit like a death mask but in fact this 1920 head of Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, was sculpted in 1920 shortly before he died on hunger strike in Brixton Prison by Albert Power. It sold for a hammer price of 11,000 at the James Adam Country House Collections sale at Townley Hall.
A 430 year old table, made from wood from the Spanish Armada, is due up at Adams Country House Collections sale next month. Lord Inchiquin, Conor O’Brien, has made the decision to sell the table with regret. In the autumn of 1588 as many as 27 ships of the Spanish Armada were lost off the Irish coast, two of them were lost off the west Clare coast. After their sinking the timber from the ships started to come ashore. The high sheriff of Clare recovered some of the decorative carvings from the galleon, which were then made into a three metre table. It was at Dromoland Castle in Co. Clare, home of the O’Briens, for 300 years before being removed in the 1960’s to Bunratty Castle, from where it was recently removed. Adams have estimated it at 100,000-200,000.
UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 360,000 AT HAMMER
Fine jewellery and watches will come under the hammer at James Adam in Dublin on November 6 at 6 p.m. There are diamond rings, bracelets, brooches, clips, earrings and a selection of lots, many with affordable estimates. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:
A FINE DIAMOND BRACELET, BY GRAFF (45,000-50,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
A RUBY, DIAMOND AND SAPPHIRE BRACELET, CIRCA 1965 (9,000-11,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 9,000 AT HAMMER
AN EMERALD, SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND NECKLACE (3,000-5,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,000 AT HAMMER
A SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND CLUSTER RING (3,000-4,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
A PAIR OF AMETHYST AND DIAMOND PENDENT EARRINGS (1,200-1,400) UPDATE: THESE MADE 1.500 AT HAMMER
A diamond single stone ring (19,000-24,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
Furniture, art, silver and a wide variety of collectibles come up at the next auction at James Adam in Dublin on June 12. Entitled At Home the sale features more than 420 lots. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:
SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY INLAID SEMI-ELLIPTICAL COMMODE, BY JAMES HICKS OF DUBLIN (3,000-5,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,000
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY BOOKCASE (2,000-3,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,700
BERTRAM NICHOLLS (1883-1974)
Cliveden Woods (800-1,200) UPDATE: THIS MADE 800
A FRENCH LOUIS QUINZE STYLE KINGWOOD MARQUETRY BREAKFRONT SIDE CABINET (2,000-3,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
The South Indian cabinet engraved with the emblem of Tipu Sultan. (4,000-6,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 8,000 AT HAMMER
A South Indian cabinet at the James Adam Country House Collections sale in Slane Castle on October 13 is carved with the royal emblem of Tipu Sultan of Mysore. The ebony and brass mounted two door cabinet on stand has been in an Irish country house for several decades, introduced there through an English relative.
The basically 18th century cabinet with fitted interior is carved with foliage, plain and gilded winged eagles and the Fandaberunda (Berunda) bird. The two headed mythological bird is the royal emblem of Tipu Sultan (1750-1799) also known as the Ti-ger of Mysore, and the official insignia of the State of Karnataka. He won important victories during the second Anglo-Mysore war and remained an implacable enemy of the British East India Company. The cabinet is estimated at 4,000-6,000.
