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[Arthur Griffith] A memorial card, with small oval portrait, for Arthur Griffith T.D., with verse "For in Liberty's ranks he ever marched / In the cause of Justice suffered and fought:/ Brave as the bravest whom Ireland had borne,/ Who served her and died, unsubdued, unbough.", thin black border, laminated. Together with another memorial card to "Pray for the souls of our brethren who died for Ireland's sake in the year 1916", O'Hanrahan's, N.C.R., Dublin, with silver border, framed. Both rare. (2)
A COLLECTION OF WWI MEDALS, awarded to Private Peter Bolger of the Connaught Rangers, comprising of a large bronze memorial 'Death Penny', gilt metal Victory medal with ribbon, a 1914-18 service medal and Christmas tin; together with an unrelated silver pendant medal and 1937 Coronation medal
PHILIP IV OF SPAIN: A proclamation for Reformation published and commanded (to be overserved as a Law) - London: 1623. 4to. pp. [v], 86. Modern half red morocco. Paper repair to armorial frontispiece, titlepage and another leaf. A very good copy. STC 22992.9. Amongst the reformations in manners and morals sought by the King were an excess of servants; that no kind of thing be imnbroidered; that neither Gold nor Silver be worne in stuffe of silke or trimming; of the moderation of the dowry, jewels and apparrell; for the abolishing of publike stewes etc etc. The publication of this English translation, presumably designed to portray the Spanish King in a good light, coincides with the final attempt of James I to arrange a controversial marriage between his son the future Charles I and Princess Maria of Spain. The Prince of Wales went to Madrid to urge his suit in the Spring of 1623 but religious difficulties could not be surmounted. One of the "ifs" of history relates to the question of whether Maria of Spain would have made a better wife than than his subsequent choice Henrietta Maria of France. Spanish Royal Coat of Arms as frontispiece. Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
1640 CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRINTED BOOK: The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Newly translated out of the Originall Greek - printed by Robert Barker and the Assigns of John Bill, London. 24mo in 12s. A miniature edition of the revised version of King James. The binding is most interesting and G Barber writing in 1971 in "Textile and Embroidered Bindings" related how in 1638 the milliners and shopkeepers of the Royal Exchange in London presented a petition to archbishop Laud in which they made reference to the custom of providing "rare and curious covers of imbrothery and needlework .... wherein Bibles, Testaments and Psalm Bookes of the best sort and neatest print have been richly bound up for ye Nobility and gentry of this kingdome, for whome and not for common persons they are indeed most fitt." A very good copy in quarter vellum solander box. BOUND WITH CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRINTED BOOK: The Whole Booke of Psalmes: Collected into English Meeter by Tho. Sternhold, Jo. Hopkins, W. Whittingham aand others .... withg apt notes to sing them withall - printed by I.L. for the Company of Stationers, London. 24mo in 12s. Binding: A generally well preserved contemporary embroidered binding of white satin worked in high relief with silver wire and coloured threads and applied sequins with a design of tulips, roses and marigolds, unfolding beneath a cloudburst, gauffered gilt edges, preserved in a vellum backed buckram case. Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
1692 CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRINTED BOOK: The Book of Common Prayer, and administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church .... together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches: And the form and manner of making, ordaining and consecrating of bishops, priests and deacons - Printed by Charles and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceased. London. 8vo. All leaves ruled in red and with sixty four full page illustrations. Contemporary full morocco, gilt with silver mounts, catches and clasps (one restored). Together with: The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New Testament - Printed by Charles and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceased. London. 8vo. All leaves ruled in red. Contemporary full morocco, gilt with silver mounts, catches and clasps. Provenance: This finely bound set of the revised version of the King James Bible and the Book of Common Prayer contains the bookplate of Dean Moore. The estate of Tony Sweeney
THEATRE-ROYAL, NORWICH 1757/8, A COLLECTION comprising: Silver Ticket of admission, Norwich Theatre 1758-20-verso "Mary Hammont 1782", with milled rim and pierced for suspension; Signed articles of agreement 10/1/1786 in connection with purchase of this ticket (no. 20) and certified copy of same; and a printed bill with a record of the General Meeting of 18/8/1817 to consider position of silver ticket holders in the advent of a new theatre being built; all contained in recent box in book-form with blue morocco spine with crimson label Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
A VICTORIAN SILVER MOUNTED SNUFF BOX, Sheffield 1847, made from the hoof of the race horse "Emilius", Winner of the Derby 1823, the hinged lid inscribed and dated 1847 with a gilt interior by Robert Garrard, Sheffield, 1859, and raised on a silver shoe Emilius was the last of five English Derby winners ridden by Frank Buckle whose record career total of 28 English Classsics stood unchallenged until the emergence of Lester Piggott who won 30 English Classics. Emilius also offers an improbable bloodstock link between Oliver Cromwell and Queen Victoria. He traced back to The Coffin Mare who belonged to Cromwell while at stud Emilius not merely sired two Derby winners Priam and Plenipotentiary but also a broodmare Stamp who at ten years of age was acquired in 1852 by Queen Victoria's stud. For her new owner Stamp became dam of the 2,000 Guineas winner Fitz-Roland. Another of Stamp's descendents was Aboyeur who in 1913 won an eventful Epsom Derby which involved not only the disqualification of first past the post Craganour - itself a sequel to the sinking of the Titanic a year earlier - but also the tragic death of the suffragette Miss Emily Davison who had run out on to the course at Tattenham Corner and seized the bridle of King George V's colt Anmer. On his death the stud box of Emilius at Easby Abbey was taken over by Irish Birdcatcher who came to Yorkshire on lease from The Curragh Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
A SILVER METAL MODEL OF A MARE AND FOAL, on an ebonised plinth with a modern engraved silver plaque, Dublin marks, inscribed "The Irish Hobby" and with a quote in Latin from Sweeney's copy of "Dionysius Periegets - Desity ORBIS Venice 1477" . 18cm wide Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
S. ROGIERS AFTER JACOB HONDIUS Hibernia, A Map of the Island of Ireland Contained within a silver beaded photograph frame, 13 x 18cm This comes from the 1616 revision by Jocodus Hondius of the "Tabularum Geographicarum Contractum", which had been first published under this title in 1600 by P Bertius. The Latin text is drawn in part from the incunable De Situ Orbis of Dionysius Periegetes (1st edition 1477). Andrew Bonar Law - "The Printed Maps of Ireland to 1612", page 17. Provenance: Purchased from the Neptune Gallery, Dublin ; from the estate of Tony Sweeney
AN 18TH CENTURY IRISH PENAL CROSS CARVED IN YEWOOD AND DATED 1725, including the iconography of a cooking pot, a bird, a skull and crossbones, a ladder and a hammer etc.,Encased in a protective silver gilt surround, the work of the Dublin Silversmith Erika Marks (1980). 34 x 10.5cm Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney Provenance: Sold at auction by Tormey Brothers, Dublin 1 to Sean O'Criadáin, Dublin 4 from whom it was acquired by Tony Sweeney. Although "penal cross" is the name traditionally applied to them, modern research has solved the mystery of why amongst all the pieces of Irish woodwork, these alone are always dated. In reality they were souvenirs bought by those making a pilgrimage to St Patrick's Purgatory on Lough Derg. As the 18th century went on, these will be found in even smaller sizes. The earliest surviving example, dated 1702, is to be found in the Franciscan Monastery in Donegal. The most interesting piece of Passion symbolism is a design to be found at the bottom of the shaft. On close examination it depicts what looks like a cooking pot and above it a crudely drawn bird. One of the more dramatic side stories in the Passion centres on the cock that crowed three times after Peter had on three occasions denied any association with Jesus. A uniquely Irish legend relates that this cock was brought home by the wife of Judas Iscariot. She put it to boil on the day after the death of Christ. As the cooking was taking place Judas returned home in the blackest of depressions as the full enormity of his action in betraying the Saviour took hold. In search of a shred of comfort, he asked his wife did she think that he might be forgiven as Jesus had promised that he would rise again on the third day? His wife ridiculed his credulity telling him, this Jesus of yours has as much chance of rising from the grave as this cock has of escaping from the pot. At that moment the lid flew off and the cock rose up with the chant "Mac na hOighe slán! Mac na hOighe slán!", which translates as the Virgin's son is safe.
A RARE CATHOLIC PLAIN CHALICE on knopped stem, dated 1724, marks mark only 'A.S.' beneath a crown, the domed base carries the inscription "Orate pro P.F. Ant. McMahon de la Croix qui me fierei fecit pro Cohv de Monohan 3 Nov, 1724" (4oz). 16.5cm high Anthony McMahon previously definitor of the Franciscan order was elected guardian of the Franciscan Monastery Monaghan, from which the friars were dispersed in the 1730's. Hugh McMahon Clogher noted that are hardly any chalices of gold or silver in this diocese. Most are made of tin, not gilt even on the inside. Sweeney postulates that the arrival of this chalice in Monaghan in time for Christmas 1724 would have aroused great excitement in the locality. Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
A CASED COPY OF THE FOURTH CENTURY 'TRAPRAIN LAW' SPOON, Birmingham 1997 by the St. Dunsran silvercraft, the bowl engraved with the Christogram. 16cm wide Provenance: Acquired from John Morton, Dublin 2. The original spoon of which this is a copy was found in Traprain Law, a Scottish settlement south of the River Forth. The Christogram (the letter P super imposed by an X) is evidence that it belonged to Christian Romans. It had been the Roman practice to present a new born child with a silver spoon, and this pagan practice was taken over and adapted to the christening ceremony. Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
Detective Inspector John Sweeney of New Scotland Yard John Sweeney, Tony's grandfather, rose to be a senior London police officer. He instigated the Flying Squad (immediately done into cockney slang as Sweeney Todd, Flying Squad). Tony Sweeney was immensely proud that a son of evicted Irish emigrants from Kerry could rise to such a responsible position in Victorian England and then publish his sensational memoirs. Tony commissioned a slip case, designed by Michael Scott, with a gilt printed morocco label, giving details of Sweeney's career, his custody of the Crown Jewels during the postponement of Edward VII's coronation, security for Queen Victoria's visit to Ireland in 1900, and his defence against libel. Mounted under magnifying glasses are two silver commemoration medals of above events. Containing: Detective Inspector John Sweeney At Scotland Yard, 1st Edition, London 1904 and the 2nd Edition which contains the defence against Parmeggiani, cloth covers with design of handcuffs Edited by Frances Richards. "New and enlarged edition" printed by Alexander Moring, who appears to have been in a loose partnership with Grand Richards, London, 1905. 8vo with portrait in a red cloth binding decorated with a pair of handcuffs. The previous year's first edition provoked a libel suit and the supplementary chapter was entitled Parmeggiani v. Sweeney. Luigi Parmeggiani was a major collector of antiques and pictures who resided at I Bedford Square, Bloomsbury where his visitors included on one occasion the Empress Frederick of Germany with John Sweeney acting as bodyguard. According to the author Parmeggiani had been one of the formost figures amongst the anarchists and it was this allegation that prompted the law suit. John Sweeney marshalled his evidence so well though that the plaintiff was in the final instance reduced to claiming that the anarchist also named Luigi Parmeggiani was his brother. After a four day hearing before Mr Justice Ridley and a special jury in the King's Bench Court the plaintiff was awarded damages of one farthing, reminiscent of the outcome of the Whistler v Ruskin case, but had to pay John Sweeney's legal costs. Together with Landsdowne, A Life's Reminiscences of Scotland Yard, London (n.d.) Together with Chief-Inspector Littlechild. The Reminiscences, 2nd Edition, London 1894, decorated cloth with paper label (Littlechild was Sweeney's 'boss' at Scotland Yard) The Author dedicated his book "To possible criminals … those who, having within them the germs of crime, are in constant danger of falling into its dark abyss, and if every such person will purchase a copy, ample remuneration awaits my labour. If the perusal of itsd pages should cause but a small number to 'look before they leap,' my reward will be greater. If one truth stands out more prominently in my experiences than another, it is that 'The way of the transgressor is hard". Littlechild was John Sweeney's boss when the Special Branch came into being but his book by the year 2000 was priced below that of his subordinate and this despite Littlechild himself having played a leading role in the hunt for "Jack The Ripper". Provenance: bookplate of James H Dalton and a note indicating that in 1953 he had presented it to J A de Grolian. Acquired by us from Lathkill Books, Bakewell, Derbyshire. Together with Chief-Inspector Cavabba Scotland Yard, Past and Present, London 1893, half-calf, art nouveau spine (Tony Sweeney says Cavanna is the first detective who acquired a 'personality cult') Together with a collection of five volumes on policing, including Galton F., Finger Prints, London 1892 Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
Halcyon Days Bilston enamel - Oval Churchill Centenary Edition pill box, no 477/500, two beakers commemorating Queen Elizabeth II silver jubilee 1977 and Diamond jubilee of the Royal House of Windsor 1977, 1976 Valentine's Day pill box, 1996 Centenary of Royal Victoria Order pill box, large enamelled egg painted with flowers, '50' pill box and a Crummles pill box (8) Condition Report All good condition although one section of egg detached from metal mounts
George VI and Q Elizabeth coronation mug designed by Laura Knight and supplied by Lawleys Ltd R.D. No 814375/6; two Paragon loving cups: George VI & Q. Elizabeth, and 25th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II coronation; Foley china mug commemorating Queen Victoria 60 years Rd 290929; King Edward VIII mug; Foley China Edward VII and Alexandra coronation mug; Aynsley Silver Jubilee china bell; together with seven other commemorative mugs
Blue glass rectangular scent bottle gilded and enamelled with roses, the clear glass stopper within the yellow metal hinged lid and collar, with chain and ring, painted gilt number to base A/U22; and a clear glass dressing table scent bottle with London silver mounts, date letter for 1895 maker`s stamp J.G&S
Engraved fiddle back silver dessert spoon with presentation inscription to finial, London 1822; Georgian silver teaspoon with engraved handle and monogram finial D H; two silver dessert spoons, two London silver teaspoons with finials engraved SECRET and VARNISH, one other silver teaspoon, and an electroplated spoon (total weight 7.3oz)
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