Collectors will find rich pickings among a selection of fine antique furniture, art, jewellery, fine wine, Asian art and European works of art during three days of sales at Sheppards in Durrow on November 29-30 and December 1. Viewing is now underway and the catalogue is online. There are rugs, handbags, jewellery, fur coats, sculpture, a private collection of modestly estimated English and Irish watercolours and a good choice of antique furniture including mirrors, chairs, cabinets, lighting and lamps,Chinese ceramics and bronzes, silver, porcelain and a small section on wines and spirits. The auction series with nearly 1,600 lots in total will finish up with a classic art evening auction with just 60 lots next on December 1 at 7 pm. There is Irish, British and continental works ranging from a lake scene by George Barrett and a portrait by Hugh Douglas Hamilton to a Dutch landscape by Hendrik Pieter Koekkoek (1843-1927), a landscapes by the English artist Claude Francis Barry (1883-1970), a work from the French Impressionist School and an Italian portrait by a follower of Lorenzo Lotto. The sale will include work by Markey Robinson, Arthur Maderson, Mildred Anne Butler and Augustus Burke.
CLAUDE FRANCIS BARRY, RBA (ENGLISH, 1883-1970) – A nocturnal lake scene (8,000-12,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 22,000 AT HAMMER
CLAUDE FRANCIS BARRY, RBA (ENGLISH, 1883-1970) – A sunlit river landscape with sheep in the foreground (8,000-12,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 10,000 AT HAMMER
A 19th century Killarney davenport (15,000-25,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS WITHDRAWN AT 14,000
A Qianlong dish (3,000-5,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 2,800
One of a pair of George III period carved gilt console tables (15,000-25,000) UPDATE: THESE MADE 24,000
A Cork Regency sofa table (!,500-2,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 4,400