Antique furniture, old Irish silver, Persian rugs and even a limited edition Picasso print will come under the hammer at Sheppards auction at Fota House in Cork on May 28. The sale of 700 lots is in aid of the restoration project at St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral in Cork which was designed by William Burges. The catalogue is on-line. Here is a small selection.
A pair of large Sheffield four branch candleabrae (800-1,200). UPDATE: THESE MADE 600
Regency Cork fold over tea table (1,400-1,800). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
Irish eighteenth-century period mahogany breakfront hall table with scagliola marble top (2,500-4,000). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
Silver tazza, Cork, circa 1720, Maker William Clarke, Provenance; Westrop Collection 795 grams (8,000-12,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 8,000
Pablo Picasso MaternitÈ, Etching, Signed by Picasso, Dated in the plate 1963 (1,400-1,800). UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,500 AT HAMMER
William Irving (1866 – 1943), Arcadian landscape with figures wearing flowers, seated around a fallen Corinthian column, Signed and dated oil on canvas, c1920 (5,000-8,000). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD