WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 17 MAY TO 7 JUNE 2024

26 History 50 1843-1846 - Applications for firearms licences. Rare weapon’s identification number included on twenty five applications for licences to keep weapons in County Carlow. Name and address and signature of applicant with description of weapons - guns, pistols, blunderbuss, carbines, Bayonets, Sword, detailing where the weapons are stored. One such application from Philip Deighton states “Gun and Bayonet both belonging to the Disembodied Yeomanry of the town of Carlow”. Among those named are John McNorgan, William Saul, George Beaver, Hugh Blackney, Hugh Massey, Jarriet Irwan M.D. and the Rev. Arthur St George. 10 by 8in. (25.4 by 20.3cm) Condition: Very good, very legible. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 50 51 1849 silver and enamel Celtic Revival Tara brooch. StampedWest and Son, Dublin, with registration number. Condition: Very fine. Estimate €300-€500 (approx £260-£430) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 51 52 1858 - 1878 Louth Grand Jury, lists of magistrates. 15 printed lists of magistrates. 1853, 26 September, Printed Letter fromWilliam Filgate on his appointment as Louth County Treasurer; 1875, 5 April, Letter from Townley F. Filgate applying for the Secretaryship of the Louth Grand Jury. 7 by 4.50in. (17.8 by 11.4cm) Provenance: Whyte’s, 9 May 2015, lot 78; Estate of the purchaser. Condition: Mainly fine. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 52