Buck family miniatures at Lynes and Lynes auction in Carrigtwohill

Auction will also include lots from Cashel Palace Hotel and a Lismore estate, writes Des O’Sullivan.

Not least of the many lots to interest serious collectors at the Lynes and Lynes sale in Carrigtwohill next Saturday, is a collection of miniatures — some by the Buck family.

An exhibition on Adam Buck — previously at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford — is at the Crawford Gallery until April 9.

Born in Cork in 1759, Adam Buck, one of four children in an artistic family, became one of the most sought-after portrait painters of Regency England.

A collection of 18th and 19th century Rowland family miniatures by the Buck family, and one by Andrew Dunn, is included in the auction.

The Rowland family were mayors and sherriffs of Cork in the 18th century. Rowland’s Lane off Mulgrave Road bears their name to this day.

The auction will include some lots from Cashel Palace Hotel and a clearance from a Lismore estate. Among the furniture is a Regency rosewood side cabinet (€2,000-€3,000); a collection of seven early 19th century hunting scenes woven in silk by Thomas Stevens (€1,000-€1,500); a Cork Regency card table (€2,000-€2,500); a c1800 Cork Georgian cylinder desk cabinet with fine fluted legs (€1,500-€2,000); two fine military chests (€1,000-€1,500 each); a large Victorian pine house keeper’s cupboard (€1,000-€1,500); a late Georgian dining table (€400-€600) and an antique mahogany hunt table (€300-€500).

The sale also includes a c1760 Irish George II carved pier mirror (€2,000-€3,000); a portrait of a lady by James Butler Brennan RHA (1825-1889), (€600-€1,000); a pair of 19th century gilt brass and porcelain candelabra (€600-€1,000); four Morgan views of Cork Harbour (€100-€200): a Victorian cast-iron spiral staircase, and Persian rugs.

There is a pine seat by Hearne and Co Waterford, as well as porcelain and glass. Viewing is from 10am to 8pm Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday and the sale is at 11am this day week.