Adam's THE LIBRARY COLLECTION 1st May 2024

163 www.adams.ie The Library Collection | 1 st May 2024 340 A RARE PAIR OF COUNTY CORK STREET SIGNS ‘Union Quay’ and ‘Lapp Quay’, cast iron rectangular plates with raised borders and corner rivet-holes each 30cm high 66cm wide € 500 - 800 341 FRED CHRISTIAN Sculpture of a fly fish Wood, on turned column support and square base, 22cm high With inscriptions to each fin ‘MADE BY FRED CHRISTIAN GREAT GREAT GANDSON OF FLETCHER CHRISTIAN OF THE BOUNTY’, ‘PITCAIRN ISLAND THE HOME OF THE MUTINEERS O THE BOUNTY. ARRIVED JANUARY 23RD 1790.’ and to base ‘PICTCAIRN ISLAND, FEB. 16, 1952’ € 500 - 800 342 A BRONZE IMPERIAL PECK MEASURE - ‘COUNTY OF GALWAY’, c.1830 of cylindrical form with twin side handles, engraved to one side ‘Imperial Peck’ and ‘County of Galway’ to opposing side, proof mark to rim 32cm diameter and 40cm wide across handles € 800 - 1,200 343 AN EDWARDIAN CAST IRON RAILWAY SIGN, reading ‘Any person who omits to shut and fasten this gate is liable to a penalty of exceeding forty shillings’ Oblong metal plate in white with black lettering, 102cm long € 200 - 300