There will be a focus on furniture at the Cork National Antiques Art and Vintage fair at the Clayton Silver Springs Hotel on February 6 and 7. Dealers from around Ireland, north and south, will be in attendance with everything from Cork silver spoons to netsuke to bog oak, jewellery, silver, art, coins and bank notes. Among the furniture dealers are Greenes Antiques, Drogheda; William Hartnett, Limerick; Black Horse Antiques of Milltown, Co. Kerry; Castle Antiques, Buttevant; Bridgend Antiques, Belfast; Colman O’Kelly, Co. Limerick and Donegal Antiques. Coin and banknote dealer Richard Walshe, back from the Miami Fair, will attend. This annual two day event is always a big draw. Here is a small selection of what to expect:
A 19th century rosewood and thuya wood bonheur du jour with original ormolu mounts.
A bog oak sculpture – Dante’s Inferno – by Stephen Costello
Cork silver spoons by Carden Terry.
An inlaid 19th century table.
A collection of Japanese items.
