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84
AN IRISH GEORGE I CARVED AND PAINTED
TABERNACLE OVERMANTLE MIRROR,
the domed top with carved scallop shell above an inset auricu-
lar frame now filled with an oil painted copy on canvas of “The
Misers” after Quentin Massys (1466-1529), flanked by fluted
pilasters and egg and dart banding and rosettes, the scroll form
base with central rectangular mirror panel, the entire 162cm
wide, 183cm high
Provenance: Purchased from Russellstown Park, Duckett Estate, Carlow
by the present owners family in 1950’s
€2000 - 4000
85
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN CAST METAL DOOR
STOPS,
in the form of a farmer and his wife
€50 - 100
86
A CARVED WALNUT FRAMED LONG
RECTANGULAR STOOL, FRENCH 19TH CENTURY,
upholstered in dark green hide and raised on six slender cabri-
ole legs carved with shells and anthemions. 57cm high; 100cm
wide
Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
€700 - 1000
87
A SET OF EIGHTEEN BLUE AND WHITE DELFT
WARE TILES,
Liverpool (c.1760), decorated with various depictions of domes-
tic life and rural landscapes, including hunting, farming and
fishing scenes, enclosed within octagonal boarders, set with
flower heads to each corner. 12.5 x 12.5cm (18)
Similar examples attributed to the ‘Octagonal Dash Border
Group’ referenced:
Anthony Ray (1973). English Delftware Tiles. London: Faber &
Faber, Limited page 171.
Hans van Lemmen (2000). Victorian Tiles. Princes Risborough:
Shire Publications, page 7.
€1500 - 2000
