A Victorian silver model of the Church of St. Anne, Shandon, Cork, otherwise known as the 'Shandon Bells & Tower', hallmarked for Dublin 1883, mark of Egan of Cork, laid down on a mahogany...

A Victorian silver model of the Church of St. Anne, Shandon, Cork, otherwise known as the 'Shandon Bells & Tower', hallmarked for Dublin 1883, mark of Egan of Cork, laid down on a mahogany platform with a tombstone to the left of the tower, inscribed 'Revd. J O'Mahony', the base applied with a silver plaque inscribed ' The Bells of Shandon - In this I ponder/ Wher'er I wander/ And thus grown fonder/ Sweet Cork of thee/ With the Bells of Shandon/ That sound so grand on/ The pleasant eaters/ Of the River lee'. 47.5 x 21 x 53cm high

Note: This exhibition piece was crafted by Mr. W.A. Clare, foreman jeweller at William Egan & Sons for the Cork exhibition of 1883 and was subsequently shown at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans. A plaque on the base is inscribed 'Restoration work carried out by Sean Carroll & Sons, Cork, May 1998'. It was also exhibited in Cork, April-June 2005, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, 'Cork Silver and Gold, Four Centuries of Craftsmanship'.

(We are grateful to Mr. Joe Burns for his assistance in cataloguing this lot).

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