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O'Connell, Daniel
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- O'Connell, Daniel
- His travelling nécessaire
Mahogany case with brass banding lined with red morocco and containing 12 silver-topped glass jars and containers, each engraved with the O'Connell's crest of a stag's head, and 10 steel implements, two with ivory handles, two fitted trays, two removable morocco boxes, two further sections with removable morocco covers, the red silk lid concealing a morocco-backed mirror, 325 x 230 x 150mm, Charles-August Péret, Paris, c.1840, retaining a few later O'Connell family items including bow ties, a clothes brush, a lock of hair, and silver shamrock cufflinks (c.1911)
Provenance
Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847); by direct family descent
Condition
The silver mounts bear the maker's mark and the Minerva [Paris control mark post-1838].
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
THE TRAVELLING CASE OF THE "LIBERATOR". Simple and unpretentious by the standards of the time, this nécessaire - containing shaving implements, scents, and other necessities - would have accompanied O'Connell during his dramatic final years of public life. In the 1840s O'Connell travelled around Ireland speaking at "Monster" rallies of 100,000 supporters calling for the repeal of the 1801 Act of Union, went back and forth to England to attend the House of Commons, spent a year incarcerated in a Dublin jail, and finally travelled to Italy, where he died in May 1847.