Scintillating Slane sale sees rare lots on offer

An 18th century portrait, believed to be Anthony Denny of Tralee; a newly discovered work by William van der Hagen and the only recorded Irish view by Turner, are among the delights at the annual James Adam’s Country House Collection sale at Slane Castle on Sunday and Monday, October 13 and 14 next.

The two-day sale of nearly 800 lots will feature antique Irish furniture and silver and fine European and Chinese porcelain. One of Ireland’s finest stately homes, Beaulieu, a Queen Anne house near Drogheda, is provenance for many lots in the auction.

There are also collections from Somerton, near Dublin, (home of the Laidlaws), and Ardbraccan near Navan.