The c1880 enamel and silver cups by Hermann Boehm.
Two polychrome painted enamel and silver cups sold for a hammer price of 24,000, three times the top estimate, at Sheppards sale in Durrow on December 1. They are by Hermann Boehm, a foremost Viennese jeweller regarded as the greatest Austrian practitioner of the Revivalist goldsmiths work.
He used local talents in painted enamels and hard stone to create a new Renaissance objects of splendour for international clients. These date to around 1889. Each one is 17 inches high. The estimate on the lot was 5,000-8,000.
This c1790 Chippendale breakfront bookcase sold for 18,000.
This Regency telescopic dining table made 18,000 at hammer.
