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Lot Essay
An almost identical single Irish mirror-chandelier, now in the Cecil Higgins Museum, Bedford is illustrated in M. Mortimer, 'Irish Mirror Chandeliers', Country Life, 16 December 1971, fig. 4, p. 1741; M. Mortimer, The English Glass Chandelier, Woodbridge, 2000, p. 164, figs. 101-102 and The Knight of Glin & J. Peill, Irish Furniture, New Haven and London, 2007, p. 269, no. 254. The latter mirror-chandelier bears the inscription of the Grafton Street, Dublin glass-cutter and retailer 'John D. Aykbowm' who, in 1800, advertised his 'New Venice' glass and crystal manufacture on the Blackrock Road, Dublin.
A pair belonging to the Warrender family, probably from Sheen Falls, Kenmare, Co. Kerry, was sold by Lord Bruntisfield, Christie's, London, 3 February 1972, lot 17. Another pair, sold by Dr. Norman Gay, Christie's, London, 28 June 1984, lot 16 (£38,000), was discussed in M. Mortimer's 1971 Country Life article. A single girandole of conforming design to the present pair and signed 'John D. Aykboum' on the back, was sold by Marion Johnson Wise, Sotheby's New York, 19 October 1991, lot 350 ($38,500). A pair with coloured and clear-glass bordered plates was sold anonymously, Sotheby's, New York, 26 October 2002, lot 1807 ($89,625) while another pair, perhaps most closely related to the present pair was sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 29 November 2001, lot 79 (£82,950).
A pair belonging to the Warrender family, probably from Sheen Falls, Kenmare, Co. Kerry, was sold by Lord Bruntisfield, Christie's, London, 3 February 1972, lot 17. Another pair, sold by Dr. Norman Gay, Christie's, London, 28 June 1984, lot 16 (£38,000), was discussed in M. Mortimer's 1971 Country Life article. A single girandole of conforming design to the present pair and signed 'John D. Aykboum' on the back, was sold by Marion Johnson Wise, Sotheby's New York, 19 October 1991, lot 350 ($38,500). A pair with coloured and clear-glass bordered plates was sold anonymously, Sotheby's, New York, 26 October 2002, lot 1807 ($89,625) while another pair, perhaps most closely related to the present pair was sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 29 November 2001, lot 79 (£82,950).