Irish silver box by William Clarke, Cork c1730
An 18th century Irish Provincial silver box comes up at Bonhams Home and Interiors sale in London on March 7.
The c1730 box by William Clarke, Cork has a hinged cover chased with rococo decoration with butterflies on the base. It is estimated at £1,000-1,500.
On March 21 Bonhams will offer garden notes and a library catalogue for Burton Park, near Churchtown, Mallow, Co. Cork. It will come up as part of a fine books and manuscripts sale and comprises an account of seeds and plants in the garden and runs from April 1683 to February 1683-4. The estimate is £1,000-1,500.