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AparianbustofArthurWellesley,
1st Duke of Wellington, (1769 - 1852), on a circular socle base, 27.5cm high,
togetherwith a transfer printedportrait jug, 20cmhigh.Wellesleywas anative
of Irelandborn into theAnglo-IrishAscendancymost likelyat hishomewhich
isnow theMerrionHotel,Dublin.Hewasa leadingmilitaryandpolitical figure
of the 19th century. He famously defeatedNapoleon at the Battle ofWaterloo
andwasCommander-in-Chief of theBritishArmyuntil his death.Hewas aslo
twice British primeminister under the Tory party and oversaw the passage of
theCatholicReliefAct, 1829.
€200 - 300
118 AVictorian ‘GladstoneForTheMillion’
pressed glass circular saucer, 12.5cm diameter and dish, 17cm diameter, by
Henry Greener, with lozenge registration mark, c.1869. Henry Greener ac-
quired theWear Flint GlassWorks in partnershipwith and James Angus and
traded asAngus&Greener, but following the deathofAngus in 1869, Greener
continuedmaking pressed glass under the name ofHenryGreenerWear Flint
GlassWorks.TheGladstone for theMillion teadesignswere the first registered
designs under this new name. They began to produce them in 1869 to com-
memorateGladstone’s appointment asPrimeMinister. (2)
€100 - 150
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AcollectionofVictorianportraitplates
of octagonal formdepicting:WilliamGladstone (1809-1898),withbiographical
details and flanking floral decoration; LordRandolphChurchill,Chancellorof
the Exchequer; Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield; Maquis of Salisbury;
another commemorating Queen Victoria’s Jubille Year, some bearing British
registrationmark from1886verso, c. 24cmhigh; Togetherwithan etchedglass
beaker withGladstone’s portrait, 11cm high; and a vasaline glass bust of Dis-
raeli, 18cmhigh. (7)
€120 - 150
120 Anattractiveandrarecommemorative setofthree
cupsandthree saucers
with transfer printedportaits ofDr. ThomasWilliamCroke (1824-1902), John
Dillon (1851-1927) andMichaelDavitt (1846-1906), anddepictionsof Irish em-
blems: theharp,wolfhound, round tower andgreenpainted shamrock, saucers
16.75cmdiameter and cups 8cmhigh. (6)
