Under the hammer: Trappings of elegant home and garden 

House contents of Eyrefield Lodge Stud at the Curragh on offer at two days of sales at Sheppard's, writes Des O'Sullivan 

Rare Victorian steeplechase board game at Sheppard's.

With everything from a rare Victorian steeplechase board game, a pair of 19th-century model brass cannons, a suite of three Paul Storr meat covers and a painting of the East Indiaman Hotspur leaving Tyne on her maiden voyage in 1851 by William Garthwaite, Sheppard’s online sales in Durrow next Thursday and Friday (March 11 and 12) are brimful of interest.

William Garthwaite's painting of The East Indiaman Hotspur leaving the Tyne on her maiden voyage 1851.