Kieran O'Boyle
Head of Ireland & Northen Ireland
Lot 126
Lord Carson: A George V Silver and Enamel Casket By Sharman D Neill, Dublin, 1923
17 – 28 November 2023, 14:00 GMT
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Lord Carson: A George V Silver and Enamel Casket
By Sharman D Neill, Dublin, 1923
On four zoomorphic scroll feet and with a convex plinth decorated with Celtic strapwork and bosses, the casket with pillars at the corners and set with three enamel plaques; A view of city Hall, Belfast, The arms of the Province of Ulster used prior to the division of Ireland in 1922, a castle esplanade, the domed lid inscribed "Presented to Lord Carson by the Loyalists of Ulster, 16th October 1923, This casket contains the key of the album in which are inscribed the names of your dedicated admirers throughout Ulster", together with a silver-gilt key, Birmingham, 1907, on mahogany plinth and with original fitted blue leather case,
height 13.5cm, width 33 cm, depth 20.8cm, weight 68oz.
On four zoomorphic scroll feet and with a convex plinth decorated with Celtic strapwork and bosses, the casket with pillars at the corners and set with three enamel plaques; A view of city Hall, Belfast, The arms of the Province of Ulster used prior to the division of Ireland in 1922, a castle esplanade, the domed lid inscribed "Presented to Lord Carson by the Loyalists of Ulster, 16th October 1923, This casket contains the key of the album in which are inscribed the names of your dedicated admirers throughout Ulster", together with a silver-gilt key, Birmingham, 1907, on mahogany plinth and with original fitted blue leather case,
height 13.5cm, width 33 cm, depth 20.8cm, weight 68oz.
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Provenance
Acquired by the family of the present owner in Northern Ireland, prior to 2000
Thence by descent
Private Collection, Belfast
Edward Henry Carson, Baron Carson, PC, PC (Ire) (1854-1935), from 1900 to 1921 known as Sir Edward Carson, was an Irish unionist politician, barrister and judge, who served as the Attorney General and Solicitor General for England, Wales and Ireland as well as the First Lord of the Admiralty for the British Royal Navy. From 1905 Carson was both the Irish Unionist Alliance MP for the Dublin University constituency and leader of the Ulster Unionist Council in Belfast. In 1915, he entered the war cabinet of H.H. Asquith as Attorney-General. Carson was defeated in his ambition to maintain Ireland as a whole in union with Great Britain. His leadership, however, was celebrated by some for securing a continued place in the United Kingdom for the six north-eastern counties, albeit under a devolved Parliament of Northern Ireland that neither he nor his fellow unionists had sought. He is also remembered for his open-ended cross examination of Oscar Wilde in a legal action that led to Wilde being prosecuted, gaoled and ruined. Carson unsuccessfully attempted to intercede for Wilde after the case.
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