Country House Collections at Slane Castle October 12
th
& 13
th
2014
125
331
AN ART DECO CARVED MARBLE AND ALABASTER
FIGURAL LAMP,
in the form of a standing lady in Egyptian costume, an elephant
at her feet surmounted by a fluted tapering column with dished
shade, on a stepped platform base. 92cm high to the fitting
Provenance: Pádraig Mac Manus (1864 - 1929) Republican activist
and journalist, Rossylongan House, Donegal and Argentina and thence
by descent
€2000 - 3000
332
A CARVED WHITE MARBLE FIGURAL FLOOR LAMP,
modelled as a standing Classical female, with flowing tendrils and
headdress, one arm raised above her head, the other at her bust supporting
a spherical shade, raised on a circular socle. 133cm high high
Provenance: Pádraig Mac Manus (1864 - 1929) Republican activist and
journalist, Rossylongan House, Donegal and Argentina and thence by descent
€3000 - 5000
333
AN ART DECO CARVED WHITE MARBLE AND
ALABASTER FIGURAL LAMP,
modelled in the form of a water bearer in Classical attire her dress picked
out in mottled marble, leaning against a walled fountain surmounted by
a column support with inverted demi-spherical shade with dentil rim,
raised on a stepped platform base with canted corners. 89cm high to the
fitting
Provenance: Pádraig Mac Manus (1864 - 1929) Republican activist and
journalist, Rossylongan House, Donegal and Argentina and thence by descent
€800 - 1200
