7 October 2014 - Chatsworth Fine Art Sale

#0231

Lot 92/0231

SOLD Hammer price €600

A good large re-constituted pine Kitchen Table, 244cms x 88cms (96″ x 34 1/2″); two high back Windsor type Armchairs, and 6 matching wooden Chairs. (9)

Lot 93/0231

SOLD Hammer price €600

A fine large re-constituted pine Dresser, in the early 19th Century Irish style, 214cms (7′) high, 153cms (5′) wide. (1)

Lot 95/0231

SOLD Hammer price €160

An antique mahogany six tier graduating hanging Corner Bracket; and a pair of matching fret-carved three tier hanging Corner Brackets. (3)

Lot 96/0231

SOLD Hammer price €340

A small Victorian mahogany pedestal Desk, the rectangular leather inset top over three frieze drawers and two pedestals each with three drawers. (1)

Lot 97/0231

SOLD Hammer price €90

A circular William IV carved rosewood Piano Stool, with revolving seat, on three scroll feet. (1)

Lot 98/0231

SOLD Hammer price €220

A good Irish Georgian period heavy mahogany Dining Table, with two D shaped falling leaves, on six square reeded legs. (1)

Lot 99/0231

SOLD Hammer price €100

G.L. Dawson

Watercolours: “Mont St. Michel,” approx. 16cms x 32cms (6 1/4″ x 12 1/4″), signed and dated 1885; and a pair of Seascapes by the same artist, one signed all in attractive matching gilt frames. (3)

Lot 100/0231

SOLD Hammer price €130

W. Spooner, Publishers, London

Officers of the British Army – “14th Kings Light Dragoons,” Nos 42 & 57, a pair of fine hand coloured prints in rosewood frames. (2)

Lot 103/0231

SOLD Hammer price €70

J. Miller, 20th Century School

“An attractive Beach Scene with elegant Ladies holding parasols,” O.O.C., signed, in gilt frame. (1)

Lot 104/0231

SOLD Hammer price €120

20th Century School – King

“Hens in a coupe,” O.O.C., signed; and a “Large rustic Landscape with trees, mountains beyond,” O.O.C., signed, both in gilt frames. (2)

Lot 105/0231

SOLD Hammer price €100

20th Century School

“Racing Scene,” O.O.C., signed and a large “Coastal Beach Scene,” O.O.C., signed R. Taylor. (2)

Lot 106/0231

SOLD Hammer price €70

20th Century School

“Poppies,” signed Devlin, and “Still Life – Books etc on a Table,” signed J. Eddie, both O.O.C., gilt frames. (2)

Lot 107/0231

SOLD Hammer price €150

Late 20th Century School

Six varied modern oils on canvas, in bright colours after design by Picasso and others. (6)

Lot 108/0231

SOLD Hammer price €400

Phillippa Garner

A set of 11 painted wooden free standing Dummy Boards, each life size depicting different figures “Orfeo” eg. “Hope,” “Persephone” “Charon” “The Three Spirits,” “The Two Shepherd’s,” “The Musician,” “Orpheus,” “Eurydice” etc. (11)

Lot 109/0231

SOLD Hammer price €100

J. Fitzpatrick – 20th Century Irish School

“Bringing home the Hay,” O.O.B., 44cms x 54cms (17 1/4″ x 21″), signed; also “Farmyard Sheds,” O.O.B., 35cms x 45cms (13 1/2″ x 17 1/2″) signed. (2)

Lot 111/0231

SOLD Hammer price €500

Fine Stained Glass Window by Wm. Dowling

Harry Clarke Studios: “St. Bernadette and Our Lady of Lourdes,” originally 2 panels, but now the bottom panel only present, approx. 52cms x 64cms (20 1/2″ x 25 1/4″), now in temporary wooden display frame.
* In 1973, William Dowling manager of the studio as well as designer, wrote to a Mrs. McDonald of Goodwich, Wales, reminding her that the window had been commissioned and paid for in 1945, but that the studios had not received the address of the church, the wording of the inscription, or an import licence. He told her that the studios had written to her a few times over the years, with no reply. When this letter was greeted with silence, he wrote to the parish priest of a church in Fishguard, Wales, who replied, saying that his was the intended church, and he would be happy to find a place for the window. In his reply, Dowling informed the priest that insertion of the agreed inscription and the cost of packing would amount to £33. Shipping costs would be extra and would depend on weight. That appears to have been the last letter about the window. There is no indication as to how the top panel disappeared. This window, which displays the influence of Harry Clarke, was probably by William Dowing himself. Richard King had left the studios in 1939. (1)
Provenance: The Collection of the late David Clarke.

Lot 112/0231

SOLD Hammer price €2200

Original Stained Glass Window

Harry Clarke Studios: “St. Patrick,” large Rose window consisting of 9 panels, approx. 183cms (6′) in diameter, now partly displayed in a temporary frame.
* This window was also the subject of letters from William Dowling in the final months of the studios. It had been commissioned for a seminary in Enugu, Nigeria, in the mid 1960s. Dowling wrote to the priest who had commissioned the window, asking for instruction. He explained that the outbreak of war in Biafra had made delivery of the window inadvisable on completion, until such time as the studios knew ‘whatever had happened to the church’. Dowling did not receive a reply to his letter and the window joined the other items on David Clarke’s list of items for long-term storage.
Provenance: Collection of the late David Clarke. (1)

Lot 113/0231

SOLD Hammer price €700

Joshua Clarke Studios: “Jesus Carrying his Cross,” an unusual ‘opus sectile’ composition Station of the Cross, approx. 78cms x 52cms (30 1/2″ x 20 1/2″), signed J. Clarke, 33 Nth. Frederick St. Dublin. (1)
Provenance: The Collection of the late David Clarke.

Lot 114/0231

SOLD Hammer price €260

A good quality late 18th Century oak Bed, the profusely carved head and foot boards each with three panels, 140cms (55″) wide. (1)

Lot 115/0231

SOLD Hammer price €320

A late Victorian mahogany Bookcase, the top with two glazed Gothic style doors over a press with two panelled mahogany doors on bracket feet. (1)