ADAM'S Country House Collections Day II - 14th October 2025

34 480 AN IRISH PROVINCIAL SILVER SUGAR BOWL, Cork c.1790, mark of John Toleken and struck ‘STERLING’ to the rim of the foot, of helmet form with swing handle, the body decorated with bright-cut engrav- ing, on oval foot (c.8 troy ozs). 18cm wide, 14.5cm high € 400 - 600 481 AN IRISH PROVINCIAL SILVER SOUP LADLE, CORK C.1765- 95, maker’s mark of Carden Terry, with scal- lop shell bowl, feather edge and taper- ing crested handle, (5.6 troy ozs) 37cm long € 1,000 - 1,500 482 AN IRISH SILVER GEORGE III TWO HANDLED LOVING CUP Dublin, c.1775 (lacking date letter), mark of Matthew West, engraved with crest of arms of Arthur Trevor Viscount Dun- garven or Dungannon. 15cm high, 19cm wide, (14.6 troy ozs) € 800 - 1,200 483 AN IRISH PROVINCIAL SILVER SAUCE BOAT, Cork c.1770, maker’s mark of Stephen Walsh (fl.1749-80), of helmet form, the body chased and embossed with floral motifs, the cartouche under the spout engraved with a Calvary Cross, possibly a crest of the Abercromby family, ap- plied with s-scroll handle wrapped with a serpent, raised on three shell capped hoof feet, (5.6 troy ozs) 16.8cm wide over handle and spout € 800 - 1,200 484 A RARE PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER SAUCE BOATS BY PAUL DE LAMERIE (1688-1751), London 1741, maker’s mark of Paul de Lamerie, each of helmet form, the rim centred by scallop shell and volute motif, the otherwise plain bodies engraved with a heraldic crest, applied with dou- ble C scroll handles and scroll junctions, raised on four hairy paw feet on petals, (c.28.5 troy ozs in all) Each 19.3cm long (over handle and spout), 12.8cm high Provenance: Private Collection, Dublin. € 8,000 - 12,000 Paul de Lamerie was born in the year 1688 in Holland to French Huguenot parents who fled France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The Edict had been introduced in 1598 to allow Protestant and Catholics to live and work alongside one another with relative peace. The revocation of this under the reign of Louis XIV, a devoutly Catholic King, spurred the Protestant minority of Huguenots to flee the country. Huguenots were disproportionately represented in the skilled arts as they were not permitted in many other trades. Therefore. when the Edict of Nantes was revoked in 1685, some of the most skilled artisans in France fled the country and therefore took their knowl- edge and skill with them to England, Holland and even Ireland. Notably, the Huguenot Cemetery in Dublin dating to 1693 which houses the remains of those persecuted and their descendants is hardly 30 paces from our auction rooms at 26 St. Stephen’s Green. Ireland received a great many of these ‘réfugiés’, as James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde (1612 -1688) encouraged their ar- rival, believing their skills would be a boost to the Irish economy. Butler had spent 12 years in exile in France after the Irish defeat by Cromwell and had familiarised himself with the Huguenots and as a Protestant, was no doubt sympathetic to their cause. The best known of these descendants are Joseph Sheridan le Fanu (1814-1873) and Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) whose written works are amongst the most celebrated our country has to offer as well as Jeremiah d’Olier (1745-1817), a prominent Huguenot goldsmith, Sheriff of Dublin and founder of the Bank of Ireland after whom D’Olier street is named.