Antiques: Silver chess set, fine art and furniture at James Adam auction
A Spanish silver 'Egyptians and Nubians' chess set at James Adam.
The work by Sir William Rothenstein (€5,000-€7,000), probably painted around 1930 when he was principal at the Royal College of Art, will lead the At Home online sale at James Adam in Dublin this Wednesday (December 17). Like his close associate Orpen, Rothenstein was an official war artist. This painting was in the collection of the late Bruce Arnold, whose book , published in 1991, is one of the foremost biographies of Orpen.
Everyone, everywhere, always needs something for the home.
This sale offers no fewer than 496 lots of art, furniture, silver, delft, porcelain, lighting, brass, rugs, mirrors and a variety of collectibles. From Irish silver tea and coffee services to a 19th-century gilt overmantel mirror, a pair of mahogany framed Georgian-style humpback couches and a set of brass wall sconces to oriental carpets, a c1913 Louis Vuitton travel trunk, a 20th-century Spanish silver "Egyptians and Nubians" chess set and a pair of 19th-century Italian decorative panels the auction delivers no shortage of lots to let the imagination soar.
There are portrait miniatures, an Irish yew-and-elmwood Windsor armchair, a French giltwood pier mirror, a Georgian wingback armchair, a slope-front walnut-and-satinwood inlaid bureau, a pair of Crown Derby porcelain peacocks, various selections of cutlery and silver condiments and a Chinese ebonised and gilt eight-leaf dividing screen to choose from, too.
One of the more expensively estimated lots is a set of four portrait prints after Sir John Lavery, published c1922 by Hartnell and Co, Dublin. The subjects, with artist's proof blindstamp to the lower margin and manuscript inked signature by Lavery, are Arthur Griffith, Cardinal Logue, Eamonn J Duggan and Archbishop Mannix. The estimate is €4,000-€6,000.
The catalogue cover lot is a striking late 19th-century oil-on-canvas, Breton Women in Woodland, by an unknown artist.
A fine Louis Quinze-style ormolu-and-kingwood marquetry bureau plat with leather-top, loop-handled drawers, complete with brass sabot feet to protect the lowest part of the leg, is estimated at €800-€1,200.
A Louis Quinze-style ormolu-mounted mahogany longcase clock has an estimate of €1,500-€2,500.
The estimate is just €300-€500 for a pair of sang de boeuf porcelain vases, fitted but without shades. Furniture represents good value, and there is a selection of small tables and chairs.
A Victorian walnut kidney-shaped writing table (€600-€1,000), a Sheraton Revival inlaid satinwood side cabinet (€1,000-€2,000), a Georgian brass-mounted side cabinet (€400-€600) and an Irish George III longcase clock with brass dial by Gregory Upington, Cork (€1,000-€2,000) offer an indication of the value to be found.
Viewing at Adam's on St Stephen's Green, Dublin, is from 1pm to 5pm today and tomorrow and from 10am to 5pm on Monday and Tuesday.
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