The Eclectic Collector

1000BC North American polished stone axe head A three-quarter grooved ware granite axe head. 5 by 8in. (12.7 by 20.3cm) A gift from American archa...

8th century AD polished stone axe head and two Clovis arrow heads. The axe head length 4.50in. (11.4cm) A gift from American archeologist, Myles D...

Battle of Kinsale, depictions of the main protagonists. 20th century Irish school, oil on board, Red Hugh O'Donnell, Hugh O'Neill and Phillip of S...

1690 The Famous Battle of the Boyne, an 18th century engraving. An engraving by William Grainger, from Barnard's New Complete and Authentic Histor...

Circa 1745 letter signed by Col. Edward Dillon and documents relating to the Battle of Fontenoy and the Dillon family. A manuscript order of battl...

1753 Medal: The Patriots of Ireland The Speaker and Liberty. Struck in bronze on the occasion of the defeat, in the Irish Parliament of the Altere...

1820, Signing of the American Declaration of Independence July 4th 1776. A large format, hand-coloured engraving, The [Signing of the] Declaration...

18th century to 1970s Dublin scrapbook Ex Libris FE Dixon with annotated contents, 4to. A miscellany of clippings on various subjects relating to ...

1779 The Volunteers of the City and County of Dublin. A coloured engraving, after Francis Wheatley, The Volunteers of the City and County of Dubli...

The Trial of Robert Emmet and End of the Irish Invasion, prints. The Trial of Robert Emmet depicting Emmet orating from the dock, a supplement wit...

Robert Emmet relief bust by Charles Ludlow. A gilt and painted bronze relief portrait of Robert Emmet, mounted on polished limestone. 14 by 10.25i...

Late 18th / early 19th century fire steel or fire striker. A crescent-shaped, steel striker on a leather tinder-holder mounted with brass fittings...

George III Irish brass barrelled blunderbuss. A late 18th / early 19th century Irish flintlock blunderbuss by Willett of Dublin, the three-stage b...

An early 19th century percussion pocket pistol. The turn-off octagonal barrel on white metal butt, engraved with floral and foliate motifs, possib...

Irish Coachman's livery The short, hussar-style tunic of acid-green wool. Bullion corded front with forty-eight gilt-brass buttons, each with a re...

Third Lottery Tickets 1804 and 1810 One sixteenth tickets issued by Callwell, 35 College Green, Dublin. Also a Byrnes & Co. Pittsburgh, Bill of Ex...

18th and 19th centuries, views of Dublin, prints and Nelson's Pictorial Guide to the City of Dublin. A hand coloured engraving after James Malton ...

Napoleon Bonaparte and The Duke of Wellington. Hand-coloured portrait prints, Napoleon, mounted on Marengo, mezzotint after Sternberg, signed in p...

Wellington and Blucher, after Maclise. After Daniel Maclise R.A. (Irish 1806-1870). A coloured steel engraving by Lumb Stocks of 'Wellington and B...

The Peninsular Heroes and The Battle of Salamanca, prints. Two hand-coloured prints, The Battle of Salamanca, July 22, 1812, after John Augustus A...

The Battles of the Duke of Wellington A circular bronze case in the form of a medallion containing a set of circular cards listing the names and d...

1812-1905 British Prime Ministers' signatures. A collection of signatures of British Prime-Ministers, Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpoo...

1828 Daniel O'Connell. Clare bye-election, commemorative jug. A lustreware, baluster-shaped jug, a broad band of white enamel decorated with spray...

1836-38 Daniel O'Connell in The Figaro in London. Four issues of the weekly magazine, each featuring a front page article relating to Daniel O'Con...

Daniel O'Connell, view of a Monster Meeting and a portrait engraving. An uncoloured engraving, with hand-written label 'The Monster Meeting at Cli...

1840s Daniel O'Connell portrait engraving. Coloured print, Daniel O'Connell, seated in an armchair, after the original portrait by Thomas Heathfie...

1832 Parliamentary Representation Ireland. Instructions from Chief Secretary for Ireland on Parliamentary Representation, ordered by The House of ...

1835 Reports of the Select Committee of Inquiry Into Orange Lodges in Ireland, Great Britain and the Colonies. London: House of Commons, 1835. Fir...

Early 19th century embroidery panel After an engraving by Jan Luyken, first published in 1708. Inscribed verso "Gewerkt door mevrouw Lapasse nee A...

19th century views of Belfast and Portrush. Coloured lithographs, published by James Magill, Donegall Place, Belfast, topographical views of Portr...

1842 (October15)-1843 (April 8) The Nation Vol. 1 No. 1 to Vol. 1 No. 26 bound. The first 26 weekly issues of the nationalist newspaper, edited by...

19th century, Col. Sir Augustus Frazer and the Battle of Inkermann. Two hand coloured prints, Sir Augustus S. Frazer - Knight Commander of the Bat...

Victorian fairground roulette wheel. A mahogany gamesman's travelling roulette wheel, the ivory handled brass-mounted mahogany wheel with 44 colou...

1846 City of Dublin, bird's eye view of the city. A hand coloured, steel engraved panorama, showing a bird’s eye view of the City of Dublin, a sup...

19th Century Duke of Devonshire, Lismore, archive of documents relating to fishing rights on the River Blackwater. Various legal documents, in cle...

1866-67 Bonds of The Irish Republic issued by the Fenians in the USA - a unique collection. This collection includes the extremely rare higher de...

Republic of Ireland, Ten Dollar Bond. Numbered 1500-1001, printed signature of John O'Mahony, printed by The Continental Bank Note Printing Compan...

Republic of Ireland, Five Dollar Bond. Numbered 2988, signatures of Sullivan and John O'Mahony, printed by The Continental Bank Note Printing Comp...

1870s Nelson's Pictorial Guide Books to The City of Dublin and The Lakes of Killarney.

Views of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. Seven hand coloured engravings, after Henry William Brewer (c.1830-1903), includes interiors and views f...

Municipal Boundaries Commission (Ireland) Maps. A collection of seven maps, with colouring, relating to Municipal Boundaries Commission, 1880 rela...

Late 19th and early 20th century scrap books A Victorian scrapbook, 4to, full navy leather gilt, containing a history of the English monarchy in r...

1879-1884 Champion Irish Red Setter Garryowen, his show collar. A white metal collar engraved 'Garryowen - The Champion - Irish Red Setter - Owner...

1880s Charles Stewart Parnell, a Stevengraph portrait. A portrait of Parnell with a spray of shamrock and a Maid-of-Erin harp, titled 'The Late - ...

1890 Charles Stewart Parnell ceremonial baton. A carved bog-oak baton surmounted by a silver plated bust of Charles Stewart Parnell, the baton's ...

Irish Nationalist Leaders, by Larry Gunning, after a design by Thomas Boyce. A set of five Irish silver rectangular plates, each engraved with the...

1897 Ireland in Pictures. Seven issues of Ireland in Pictures, International Photograph Publishing Co., Chicago, 1897. Parts 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 and ...

19th century Police helmet. The interior stencilled 'Sgt - Jacobs - 23'. With modern Metropolitan Police helmet plate.

1900-01 Telephone Directory of Ireland. List of Subscribers in Ireland, 4to, 22pp (including four advertisements) divided into Ulster, Dublin and ...

1902-1918 Lieut.-Col Edgar Monteagle-Browne - DSO. Royal Munster Fusiliers, archive of correspondence, documents and ephemera. Relating to his mil...

1911 General Election and 1913 Parliamentary By-Election, campaign material of Unionist candidate Capt. Monteagle-Browne. Campaign material includ...

1912-1914 Ulster Covenant and Larne Gun Running A small archive of material relating to Col. Frederick H Crawford, the signing of the Ulster Coven...

1913 The Honourable The Irish Society, Tercentenary commemorative study of the illuminated window in the Londonderry Guildhall A pen and wash stud...

1913 Hugh Lane's Great Gift of Pictures for Ireland A litho-printed linen handkerchief sold by the Irish Players at $1.00 towards a building to s...

1914-1918 Irish Recruiting poster 'What Have You Done For Ireland?' A three verse poem inciting Irishmen to claim their share in Ireland's Glory. ...

Pádraig Pearse handwritten and signed postcard. Postmarked 24 October 1910 from Pearse at St Enda's School, to his solicitor, Gerrard in Westmorel...

Pádraig Pearse, portrait sculpture. A low-relief portrait of Padraig Pearse on a limestone slab by Redmond Herrity, one of three carved by the art...

Padraig Pearse, Irish silver commemorative plate. An Irish silver circular plate the central reserve with a portrait of Padraig Pearse and inscrib...

1979 Padraig Pearse commemorative dish. An Irish silver strawberry dish, engraved to the centre, 'The fools, the fools, the fools - they have left...

1912 (March 6) Signed autograph letter from Roger Casement, loosely inserted in a copy of The Black Diaries. The one page letter to 'Gardiner', re...