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    JAMES ADAM AT HOME SALE ON SUNDAY

    Wednesday, June 8th, 2016

    Furniture, art, silver and a wide variety of collectibles come up at the next auction at James Adam in Dublin on June 12.  Entitled At Home the sale features more than 420 lots. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:

    SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY INLAID SEMI-ELLIPTICAL COMMODE, BY JAMES HICKS OF DUBLIN (3,000-5,000)

    SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY INLAID SEMI-ELLIPTICAL COMMODE, BY JAMES HICKS OF DUBLIN (3,000-5,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,000

    A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY BOOKCASE (2,000-3,000)

    A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY BOOKCASE (2,000-3,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,700

    BERTRAM NICHOLLS (1883-1974) Cliveden Woods (800-1,200)

    BERTRAM NICHOLLS (1883-1974)
    Cliveden Woods (800-1,200)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 800

    A FRENCH LOUIS QUINZE STYLE KINGWOOD MARQUETRY BREAKFRONT SIDE CABINET (2,000-3,000)

    A FRENCH LOUIS QUINZE STYLE KINGWOOD MARQUETRY BREAKFRONT SIDE CABINET (2,000-3,000)  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    TIPU SULTAN CABINET AT SLANE AUCTION

    Monday, October 5th, 2015
    The South Indian cabinet engraved with the emblem of Tipu Sultan. (4,000-6,000)

    The South Indian cabinet engraved with the emblem of Tipu Sultan. (4,000-6,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 8,000 AT HAMMER

    A South Indian cabinet at the James Adam Country House Collections sale in Slane Castle on October 13 is carved with the royal emblem of Tipu Sultan of Mysore.  The ebony and brass mounted two door cabinet on stand has been in an Irish country house for several decades, introduced there through an English relative.

    The basically 18th century cabinet with fitted interior is carved with foliage, plain and gilded winged eagles and the Fandaberunda (Berunda) bird.  The two headed mythological bird is the royal emblem of Tipu Sultan (1750-1799) also known as the Ti-ger of Mysore, and the official insignia of the State of Karnataka. He won important victories during the second Anglo-Mysore war and remained an implacable enemy of the British East India Company.  The cabinet is estimated at 4,000-6,000.