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Doreen Dickie (b.1902)
An Irish Arts & Crafts Movement oxidised copper candlestick
converted to a table lamp, the dished top above tapering shaft
with inset rectangular cloisonné enamel plaques depicting
flowers, raised on a domed circular spreading foot
38cm (15”) high to fitting
Provenance: Collection of Mrs. D.P. Smith
Literature: Nicola Gordon Bowe and Elizabeth
Cumming,
The Arts & Crafts Movements in
Dublin & Edinburgh 1885-1925,
page 117, No. 60
Doreen Dickie was raised at her parents house in Swords
Co. Dublin . She became a student of Oswald Reeves (See
lot 24) in metalwork and enamelling while at the Dublin Art
School from 1922 - 28. She qualified as an art teacher and later
worked in a studio above Gertrude Grew’s Dublin Art Shop
in Dawson Street.
€1,000 - 1,500
