Irish interest, an Edward VII silver cup in the form of the "Cup of Nestor", Chester 1907, makers George Nathan & Ridley Hayes, the tapering bowl flanked by two bird capped angular handles, inscribed to base "To Odysseus on his first birthday from his Father and Mother 23rd July 1908" 15cm high, 10.5ozOliver St John Gogarty (1878-1957) was a Dublin born surgeon, author and poet. In 1901 he made the acquaintance of James Joyce who later portrayed him as the irrepressible character Buck Milligan in Ulysses.He was a friend of Arthur Griffith and spoke at the founding meeting of Sinn Fein in 1905.In August 1906 he married Martha Duane and their first child was Oliver Duane Odysseus Gogarty, born on the 23rd July 1907.Gogarty's Sinn Fein sympathies remained and in 1919 he took the Sinn Fein headquarters files into his house, when the party was banned, and sheltered men on the run.Between 1922 and 1936 he was an active member of the Free State senate.He was also friends with W.B. YeatsOliver Duane Odysseus Gogarty was brought up amid his father's artistic associates.His portrait was painted in 1913 by Sir William Orpen (see Sotheby's the Irish Sale 7th May 2009, lot 28), a family friend, and on his first visit to the cinema he was accompanied by Augustus John.He became a barrister and was a staunch supporter of Fine Gael.He died in 1999.
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Edward VII silver tea set, London 1909, maker Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd. consisting of teapot with ebony handle and finial, milk jug and twin handled sugar bowl, all with gadrooned rims above reeded and stylised foliate central bands, each raised on four orb feet, 35.6oz
Set of four Edward VII silver menu card holders modelled as owls, Chester 1901, maker Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd. with orange and black glass eyes, registration number 433091 to base of each, 3cm high, 2.7oz, housed in a blue velvet and silk lined leather case
George VI silver powder compact and matching cigarette case, Birmingham 1949, maker Henry Clifford Davis, the white enamel covers with foliate decoration, the compact with interior mirror and square powder recess, the compact 7cm square, the cigarette case 10cm x 8.5cm, gross weight 8.9oz (2)
Edward VII silver hot water pot, Chester 1903, maker Stokes & Ireland Ltd. with ebonised finial and scrolled handle, the wavy rim above a bulbous tapering body with crest depicting a sheep in profile above banner "PERSERVERANDO 16th SEPTEMBER 1908", raised on three trefoil pad feet, 18cm high, 12.8oz
Victorian silver card tray, Sheffield 1893, maker James Dixon & Sons, with gadrooned and swag cast border, the central field engraved with a monogram, the base with presentation inscription "From I and A.D. Wilson 24th April 1895", raised on four claw and ball feet, 21.5cm diameter, 12oz,
George V silver tea service, Sheffield 1924, maker Mappin & Webb, consisting of teapot, hot water jug, milk jug and sugar bowl, the teapot and hot water jug with domed lids above bulbous bodies and with wooden scroll handles, the teapot 17cm high, the hot water jug 21cm high, total weight 53.7oz (4)
George III Scottish silver twin handled trophy cup, Edinburgh, date letter rubbed, maker Patrick Robertson (circa 1770-1790), the double scroll handles flanking the tapering cup with foliate and tied ribbon decoration and vacant oval cartouche, with gilt interior, raised on a beaded waisted stem and flared beaded foot, 22cm high, 25cm wide across handles, 24.9oz
George III silver cruet, London 1812, makers mark rubbed, the canted pierced handle above an oval base with gadrooned border containing seven later glass bottles, three with silver tops, the frame with monogram HJG, raised on four reeded tapering feet, 25cm high, 26cm wide, 16cm deep
Victorian silver vinaigrette, Birmingham 1863, maker Frederick Marson, of rectangular form, the engine turned lid with vacant scrolled cartouche, the interior with gilt foliate and scroll decorated grille, with hanging loop to the right hand side, 27mm wide, 0.1oz
Edward VII silver inkstand, Sheffield 1902, maker James Deakin & Sons, the silver lidded clear hobnail cur glass inkwell housed in a pierced three quarter galleried stand with small pen tray to the serpentine front, raised on four splayed feet, 12cm wide, 5.5cm high, 8cm deep, 2.8oz excluding inkwell
Three George IV silver gilt lidded clear glass dressing table pots, London 1824, maker John & Archibald Douglas, the pierced gild stylised foliate covers above clear glass bodies with star cut bases, the largest 17.5cm wide, 5cm deep, 4cm high, the two smaller 9.5cm wide, 4cm high, 6cm deep, 8.3oz excluding glass bases (3)
Victorian silver inkstand, London 1895, maker Charles Stuart Harris, the central detachable chamberstick with attached snuffer, the two silver lidded clear glass inkwells engraved J.W and M.W to the hinged covers, the tray base with two gadrooned bordered pen recesses, raised on four pierced scroll cast feet, 24.5cm wide, 13cm high, 16cm deep, 25.9oz excluding inkwells
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