Country house: Townley Hall a fitting backdrop for sale

We can look forward to a busy week of auctions, writes Des O’Sullivan

These 19th-century giltwood console tables in the manner of William Kent come up Adam's Country House Collections sale.

The gracious neo-classical mansion that is Townley Hall near Drogheda offers a fitting backdrop this weekend for viewing the annual Adam’s country house collections sale.

Irish Georgian furniture is a strong point of this auction along with classical Irish art, silver and collectibles like a 19th-century cold painted model of a tiger by Bergman of Vienna.