Beschreibung:

A Unique Single Owner Collection of Rare Irish Bog Oak Artefacts by Cornelius Goggin (1850-1914) & other Carvers Comprising: A large Jewellery Casket profusely carved with round tower, castle, abbeys, wolfhound, harps, oak leaves ivy leaves, shamrock sprays and the front panel with round tower, wolfhound, Celtic cross in graveyard with old Abbey, 17cms x 30cms (6 ½” x 12”); A rare Victorian carved Irish bog oak sarcophagus shaped two division Tea Caddy, profusely carved with hinged top, a central harp with sprays of shamrocks, the front frieze with a recumbent wolfhound issuing sprays of shamrocks above a heart shaped lock plate, and a shield to the rear, etched all over with trailing shamrocks, 17cms h x 28cms w (7” x 11”); A very good Victorian Irish bog oak Book Slide, the sliding base with a double base of shamrock sprays and other foliage, the hinged sides one carved as Ross Castle, Killarney, flanked by two trees and the other, a Round Tower flanked with two trees, 20cms h x 51cms w (8” x 21”) closed; A good Victorian carved Irish bog oak Book Slide, the sliding base centre carved with Abbey Ruin and Tress within a band of shamrock sprays, the hinged ends, one in the form of an Irish Wolfhound with gilt metal collar on a shamrock base, the other an Irish crowned Harp with shamrocks, and a rectangular leaf carved base below, 22cms h x 58cms w (8 ¾” x 23”); A pair of spiral reeded Irish bog oak Candlesticks, (one as is with losses), 17cms (7”), a pair of smaller matching ditto, 12.5cms (3”), a pair of shamrock and harp carved Candlesticks, 13cms (5”), a pair of lighthouse shaped bog oak Candlesticks, 16cms (6 ¼”), a Victorian carved bog oak Owl Form, a small Candlestick 14cms (5 ½”), a large Victorian Irish carved bog oak Candlestick with spiral reeded stem on circular shamrock carved base, 19cms (7 ¼”), and one other Irish bog oak Candlestick on shamrock shaped base, 13cms (5”); A Victorian carved Irish bog oak Model of an Irish Round Tower, on circular base, 22cms (8 ½”), a collection of Irish carved bog oak Harps, various shapes and sizes, all carved with shamrocks, 16cm (6 ½”), the largest and 8cms (3”) the smallest – 17 (a few with losses); An Irish carved bog oak Celtic Cross carved with harp, shamrock and Abbey ruins, 13cms (5 ¼”), a smaller similar ditto with harp and shamrock inscribed ERIN, 7.5cms (3”); A fine Victorian carved Irish bog oak Card Case, in the form of a small book, one side with a Celtic Cross inside ivy leaf sprays and Greek key border and Celtic spandrels, the other side with a harp inside shamrock, sprays and an interlaced border, 11cms (4 ½”); A fine large Victorian carved Irish bog oak Card Case, each side profusely carved with recumbent Irish Wolfhound, harp and shamrock sprays, inside an oakleaf border, 12cms (4 ¾”) (with losses) a smaller similar ditto with Abbey & Castle, 9cms (3 ½”) and two smaller harp and shamrock carved Vesta Cases; A good Irish carved bog oak Skillet with cover, carved with shamrocks on three legs, 10cms (4”), a carved bog oak parrot head Handstick Pommel with glass eyes, 8cms (3 ¼”), a miniature model carved bog oak Irish Stout Bottle, 13cms (5”), a circular bog oak Coaster with shamrocks on ball feet, 11cms (4 ½”), a small carved Group with round tower, harp and recumbent Irish Wolfhound and a small shamrock shaped Photograph Frame; A collection of 8 Irish carved Irish bog oak miniature Photograph Frames, all etched and carved with shamrocks, various shapes and sizes, one inscribed GALWAY; A collection of Irish carved bog oak Jewellery, comprising two stretch bangles carved with shamrocks, one with small gold mounts and harp centre, the other with shamrock centre, a gold mounted harp brooch, a circular gold mounted circular Brooch with various flower heads and shamrocks, a very fine circular gold mounted Brooch with central harp, the strings in gold crested with shamrock and flanked to either side with fern leaves another oval shamrock and harp Brooch and a cross pe