Adam's The Irish Library Wednesday 17th April 2019

28 34 BENJAMIN ZOBEL (GERMAN/BRITISH, 1762-1831) Vulture and Serpent in a Woodland Sand painting on panel, 56 x 40cm Signed with initials ‘BZ’ Benjamin Zobel was born in Germany in 1762. His fa- ther was reputed to be a master pastry chef and the family ran a confectionery business in Bavaria. At the age of eighteen Zobel travelled to Amsterdam, where he studied painting for several years, before PRYLQJ WR /RQGRQ +LV ȴUVW MRE LQ WKH (QJOLVK FDSLWDO was working as a designer of wallpapers, linens and silks for the Ecchard Brothers of Chelsea. Not long af- ter Zobel was employed by the Prince Regent’s chef and became a `Table Decker’ at Windsor Castle. Table Decking was a fashion created during George III rule and involved elaborately decorating a table cloth with designs of coloured sands, marble dust, powdered glass or bread crumbs to create pictures and motifs. These painstaking images would then be removed with the table cloth at the end of the meal. The King suggested making longer lasting pictures and =REHO FUHDWHG D SURFHVV XVLQJ FRORXUHG VDQG ȴ[HG WR wood or board using glue to make permanent paint- LQJV ΖQȵXHQFH E\ WKH ZRUN RI KLV IULHQG *HRUJH 0RU - land, Zobel’s sand-paintings often feature animals and country scenes. € 800 - 1,200 33 TRADE CARD OF LAW, Goldsmith, Jeweller and Watchmaker, No. 1 Sackville Street, Carlile Bridge, Dublin, with detailed view of the bridge and obelisks, shipping and the Customs House, “drawn and engraved by S. Close, Jan”, 115 x 160mm This important record of the centre of Georgian Dublin, FRPSOHWH ZLWK ȴJXUHV DQG FDUULDJH LV QRW UHFRUGHG LQ Elmes/Hewson nor Bonar Law. Law was also a major retailer of silver and silver plate and his mark, as such, is commonly found, added to the hallmarks of contemporary silver smiths. € 200 - 300