WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 5 MAY 2018

History 18 1798 medal commemorating the defeat of the French Navy off Donegal. BREST SQUADRON DEFEATED OFF TORY ISLAND. OCTOBER 12 1798. THE SISTER COUNTRY AGAIN RESCUED FROM INVASION. Obverse: SIR J. B. WARREN BARONET K.B., bust left. Attractive and scarce. Estimate €200-€300 approx (£170-£260 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 18 19 [1798] Late 19th century bog oak club commemorating the 1798 rebellion. A carved bog oak club, relief decorated with shamrock, a round tower and harp. the head stamped ‘98’. Length 20.50in. (52.1cm) Estimate €150-€200 approx (£130-£170 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 19 20 18th century engravings of Irish artefacts, The Harp of Brian Boromh (Ború) and The Charter Horn. Hand-coloured engravings from ‘Britannia: or, a chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, and the islands adjacent; from the earliest antiquity’, by William Camden. London, 1789. Mounted (2) The harp 8 by 10.50in. (20.3 by 26.7cm) The Brian Boru’s harp (also known as ‘Trinity College harp) is a medieval musical instrument on display in the long room at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. It is a wire strung cláirseach. It is dated to the 14th or 15th century and, along with the Queen Mary Harp and the Lamont Harp, is one of the three oldest surviving Gaelic harps. The harp was used as a model for the coat of arms of Ireland. It may be the oldest existing harp in the world. One of very few surviving objects known to have been the personal property of an Irish king, the Kavanagh Charter Horn is an early 12th century ivory ceremonial drinking horn. The brass mountings were added in the 15th century. It is the only known piece of Irish regalia to survive Medieval Ireland. The Kavanagh family retained possession of the horn until they donated it to the National Museum of Ireland. Estimate €100-€150 approx (£90-£130 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 20