Adam's AT HOME 27th November 2023

140 459 MC CLEARY, (PUBLISHER) 32 NASSAU STREET, DUBLIN (PUBLISHER), C.1809 ‘Rich-En-Son Grass, or Making Hay When The Sun Dont Shine!!’ Coloured engraving, 22.7 x 32.2cm € 300 - 500 William Richardson D.D (1740 – 1820) was a prolific writer alongside his other role as Rector of Moy and Clonfele parishes in Co. Antrim. His focus was on agriculture and he wrote a number of letters, articles and pamphlets fervently praising Irish firoin grass as the cure for national poverty. He maintained the belief that the most opportune time for mowing was from November to January. This engraving shows and older sturdier farmer following Richardson’s dogma, standing in deep coarse grass with scythe in hand. Richardson’s church appears in the background, its steeple projecting into the heavens. 461 A WEDGWOOD JASPERWARE AND PEWTER MOUNTED TANKARD the body decorated in traditional blue palette and applied with classical female figures, inscribed ‘Wedgwood’ and number ‘12’ to base. 19cm high € 100 - 150 460 A 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY TALL BOY, the moulded cornice above a band of blind fretwork, over eight drawers with brass drop handles, raised on carved base with claw and ball feet. 81 x 51 x 172cm high € 400 - 600 462 A CONTINENTAL WALNUT AND CROSSBANDED CIRCULAR CENTRE TABLE, with intwined dolphin central support, on concave platform base and bun feet. 104cm diameter, 78cm high € 500 - 800