THE selection at Sheppard’s three day Dublin and Provincial sale in Durrow, Co. Laois on November 27, 28 and 29 is broad and varied. It includes period furniture, art, decorative art and Asian art. The auction, at which you can bid on-line, gets underway at 10.30 a.m. on each day. Here is a small selection from numerous highlights (you can click on any image to enlarge it):
A rare Irish mid-eighteenth century cutlery stand at Sheppards.
A Chinese Ming-style blue and white yuhuchunping vase at Sheppards (150,000-200,000).
An 18th century Chippendale silver table, c1780 at Sheppards.
A silver figural salt cellar by Julius Alexandrovitch Rappoport (1864 – 1916), Fabergé workmaster in St. Petersburg, at Sheppards.