Antiques: Clock and gramophone turn back time at Cork auction
Left, the James Aikin clock and right, the oak-case gramophone at the Lynes & Lynes auction.
Offering everything from a fine old Cork clock in need of full restoration and seascapes by Erwin Charles Gunther to an antique oak-cased gramophone and a pair of Chinese foo dogs modelled as lamps, the sale at Lynes & Lynes on Saturday, July 6, is brimful of specialist interest.
Viewing gets underway in Carrigtwohill this weekend, on Saturday, June 29, for a 372-lot auction made up of the remaining part of the estate of the late Roma Peare (nee Knox) of Kinsale, Co Cork, a residence at Templenoe, Kenmare, Co Kerry, and a house at Beaumont Avenue in Cork.
A collection of old cameras is another feature.
A clock by James Aickin does not come up at auction every day. This longcase brass-dial clock by one of the most eminent Cork clockmakers needs much attention and is estimated accordingly at just €300-€500.
Aickin was a prominent Freemason active from 1738-1780 at a time when Cork was a major Atlantic port with extensive trade links to many European countries.
Among his commissions was "repairing and putting up" the town clock in Youghal in 1777 for which £8 was set aside for him by the Corporation of Youghal. He manufactured both bracket clocks and long-case clocks.
One of his sons, George, became a clockmaker with premises at James Street, adjacent to the Cork Courthouse, a centre for clockmaking in Cork before the advent of mass production.
Other clocks include a table clock retailed by Mangan, Cork (€400-€500), an Irish longcase clock by Robert Fishbourne, Carlow (€1,500-€2,000), and a French painted wood and ormolu Cartel clock (€1,500-€2,000).
The German artist Erwin Charles Gunther (1864-1927) is known for his seascapes and there are two of them in the sale, each estimated at €600-€1,000. A set of four William Harrington prints of Cork, each signed by the artist, is each estimated at €60-€100.
Collectors will be interested in an antique gramophone on a carved oak case, complete with a rare wooden horn and in full working order (€300-€500). Chinese foo dogs are both popular and auspicious. Designed in pairs, male and female, they represent yin and yang.
The female yin protects those dwelling in the home, the male yang protects the structure. The foo dog lamps are estimated at €200-€300.
Among the more expensively estimated lots are a set of ten Cork 11-bar chairs (€1,500-€2,000), an old cut-glass six-branch chandelier (€1,000-€1,500), a set of six Cork 11-bar chairs (€800-€1,200), a Georgian-style dining table with satinwood crossbanding (€600-€1,000) and a large English silver pierced tray, London 1805 (€500-€800).
Viewing is from 10am-6 pm daily until Friday and the catalogue is online.
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