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AN IRISH BRASS SUNDIAL AN UNUSUAL IRISH REGENCY TOILET MIRROR
19th century Circa 1820
Engraved ‘Wm Pierrie Conligh House’ and ‘Latitude 54, 40’, 30.5 The circular bevelled plate surrounded with segmented frame and
diameter, 23.5 high; together with a sundial chapter ring, engraved engraved with two coronets on ivory plaques, on a spreading circular
‘Jon Massey, Dublin’, 32cm diameter; and a brass armillary sphere, base, 58cm high.
engraved with Roman numerals, 26cm high, 35cm diameter. (3)
£400 - 600
£400 - 600 €470 - 710
€470 - 710
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Little Clandeboye or Conlig House, near Bangor, County Down, was AN IRISH ARTS & CRAFTS NEEDLEWORK COVERLET,
built ca 1855 in the Neo-Tudor style. Conlig House, however, can be Circa 1890
dated originally to ca 1830 and was very similar in style to Glencraig The field with stars and knotwork devices on a pale blue ground, within
House (now altered) which dates from the same period. The architect twin knotwork borders, 82cm wide x 144cm long.
may have been William Burn, who was later consulted by Lord Dufferin
with regard to the remodelling of Clandeboye House in the 1840s. £300 - 500
€350 - 590
By 1850, Conlig House was the residence of Captain William Pirrie,
the Belfast ship-owner and harbour commissioner. William Pirrie
(1st Viscount Pirrie) was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical
Institution (Inst) from 1858-62, and then became an apprentice at
Harland and Wolff. He was married to Eliza Morrison, who came from
Conlig and was part of the wider family of the Marquess of Dufferin
and Ava.

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