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THIS Killarney davenport made a hammer price of 11,000 at Aidan Foley’s sale in Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare, today. The 19th century piece is inlaid with yew and arbutus wood profusely decorated with shamrocks and an Irish Harp, a deer and an eagle. A Victorian mahogany serving table made 2,500 and a pair of satinwood commodes made 2,200.
Collectors will find rich pickings among a selection of fine antique furniture, art, jewellery, fine wine, Asian art and European works of art during three days of sales at Sheppards in Durrow on November 29-30 and December 1. Viewing is now underway and the catalogue is online. There are rugs, handbags, jewellery, fur coats, sculpture, a private collection of modestly estimated English and Irish watercolours and a good choice of antique furniture including mirrors, chairs, cabinets, lighting and lamps,Chinese ceramics and bronzes, silver, porcelain and a small section on wines and spirits. The auction series with nearly 1,600 lots in total will finish up with a classic art evening auction with just 60 lots next on December 1 at 7 pm. There is Irish, British and continental works ranging from a lake scene by George Barrett and a portrait by Hugh Douglas Hamilton to a Dutch landscape by Hendrik Pieter Koekkoek (1843-1927), a landscapes by the English artist Claude Francis Barry (1883-1970), a work from the French Impressionist School and an Italian portrait by a follower of Lorenzo Lotto. The sale will include work by Markey Robinson, Arthur Maderson, Mildred Anne Butler and Augustus Burke.
CLAUDE FRANCIS BARRY, RBA (ENGLISH, 1883-1970) – A nocturnal lake scene (8,000-12,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 22,000 AT HAMMER
CLAUDE FRANCIS BARRY, RBA (ENGLISH, 1883-1970) – A sunlit river landscape with sheep in the foreground (8,000-12,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 10,000 AT HAMMER
A 19th century Killarney davenport (15,000-25,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS WITHDRAWN AT 14,000
A Qianlong dish (3,000-5,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 2,800
One of a pair of George III period carved gilt console tables (15,000-25,000) UPDATE: THESE MADE 24,000
A Cork Regency sofa table (!,500-2,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 4,400
An early watercolour View of Reginald’s Tower in Waterford by John George Mulvany (1766-1838) is certain to arouse local interest (1,200-1,800). The pewter collection includes work by the highly collectible Austen and Son of North Main St., Cork.
(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for March 14, 2016)
A skeleton clock (700-1,000). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 1,180
An early watercolour of Waterford, A view of Reginald’s Tower by John George Mulvany (1766-1838) (1,200-1,800) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 6,000
A set of five Irish pewter hay stack measures by Austen and Son, North Main St., Cork (400-600).
A Killarney davenport (5,000-6,000). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 5,400
