A rare Cork Queen Anne fireplace surround UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
The lifetime collection of Nobel Antiques, the Cork antique fireplace specialists, will be included in Hegarty’s online auction on September 24. Exceptional marble fireplaces and accessories will feature, including a rare Queen Anne Cork fireplace made from locally quarried stone, similar to one at Howth Castle. Among the period 19th century fireplaces is one from Cork’s South Mall. A c1880 Italian marble fireplace was in the Jack Lynch room at the Metropole Hotel in Cork where Michael Collins is believed to have stayed once. The collection includes club fenders, insets, period Georgian accessories and columns and the sale includes antique furniture, jewellery and collectibles.
