This Austrian gilt and ruby porcelain stein sold for a hammer price of €7,200 over a top estimate of €500-€800 at Sheppards in Durrow this afternoon. It was made around 1880. The reserve is hand painted with ‘The Triumph of Constantine’ and signed ‘Joeger Pinxt’. There is a leaf cast scroll handle with raised thumb piece and a domed cover on an outset gilt metal foot. The stein carries the Bidenschild mark. A large Regency crystal chandelier made €6,500 and another made €5,500, a walnut four poster bed made €6,000, a 19th century bronze garden sculpture of Mercury made €5,000, a Neoclassical white chimney piece made €4,600 and a marble Neptune fountain made €2,800.