House contents that put Irish and world history in the frame

There’s much to tempt collectors at Fonsie Mealy’s sale next week, says Des O’Sullivan.

OFFERING everything from a portrait of Lord Tracton to the Dennis silver tray which recounts in Victorian detail the sterling efforts of a magistrate in Wicklow to repress insubordination along the borders of Wicklow, Carlow and Kildare in 1822, the Fortgranite house contents sale by Fonsie Mealy next Tuesday offers much to tempt collectors.