A spectacular single owner sale of a collection formed from the late 1940’s to the 1970’s by Dr Bryan G. Alton and his wife Winnie comes up at James Adam in Dublin on September 6. One of Ireland’s best known and respected physicians Bryan Alton amassed a quality and eclectic collection of fine furniture, porcelain, silver, objets d’art, old master and modern paintings and graphics, icons and exotic items. A highly regarded professional he served as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, as Master Warden of the Corporation of Goldsmiths of Dublin and on the Board of the National Gallery of Ireland. Dr. Alton died in 1991. Highlights of this sale of 319 lots include a superb set of four Irish Georgian silver candlesticks made in Dublin by Michael Cormick and William Townsend circa 1760 estimated at €12,000-14,000. There is a spectacular George III inlaid and painted sycamore bowfront side cabinet, fashioned in the manner of London cabinet-makers Mayhew and Ince (15,000-20,000) and the sale includes Old Master paintings and some remarkable pieces of 18th century Meissen. Here is a selection: UPDATE: THE INDISCREET HARLEQUIN MADE A HAMMER PRICE OF 38,000.
SET OF FOUR IRISH GEORGIAN SILVER TABLE CANDLESTICKS, Dublin c.1760, makers mark of Michael Cormick & William Townsend (12,000-14,000) UPDATE: THESE MADE 13,500 AT HAMMER
JOOST CORNELIUS DROOGSLOOT (1586-1666)
Figures on a bridge outside a village (8,000-10,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 7,000 AT HAMMER
STYLE OF RIZA-I ABBASI, PERSIA 17TH CENTURY
Two galloping hunters in a landscape (5,000-7,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 8,500 AT HAMMER
18TH CENTURY MEISSEN GROUP OF THE INDISCREET HARLEQUIN
By J.J Kandler, c. 1742 (25,000-35,000)
GEORGE III INLAID AND PAINTED SYCAMORE BOWFRONT SIDE CABINET, in the manner of Mayhew and Ince (15,000-20,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
