THIS mid Victorian carved walnut Irish throne chair by Jones of Dublin made a hammer price of £44,000 at Thomas R. Callan’s auction in Ayr this afternoon. Though billed as the star lot of the sale it had been estimated at just £2,000-£3,000. Dated 1850 it was probably part of a large suite of furniture made of Irish bog yew or oak by Arthur J Jones and Son of Dublin for The Great Exhibition held in London, in 1851. Decorated to illustrate the history, antiquities, animals and vegetation of Ireland the carved decoration features a harp, oak leaves, stag and Irish Wolfhounds
