Antiques and Art: Ireland is ready for auction action
A Smania design display case at Sheppard's.
The antique season in Ireland is lifting off and those who get their kicks from an auction fix will find plenty of action now that January is almost done.
Immediate upcoming choices at Sheppard's Irish Auction House in Durrow, Co Laois, on Tuesday and Wednesday and at Woodward Auctioneers in Cork next Saturday include elegant Georgian and Regency furniture, marble chimneypieces, garden sculpture and furniture, longcase clocks and even an old carved stone statue of St Peter.
If brightening up the home was one of your New Year resolutions then these eclectic auctions, both on view from today in Durrow and Cork respectively, offer as good a place as any to begin. At any auction you can find something rare or unusual, a conversation piece or something stylish redolent of the good old days of yore.
Top lots at Sheppard's include a neoclassical marble chimneypiece (€4,000-€6,000) and an attractive George III satinwood cylinder bookcase (€3,00-€5,000). More than 700 lots will come under the hammer in this two-day sale.
Feature lots include a George III sideboard, a pair of Regency tea tables, a Georgian inlaid side table, a classical contemporary Italian Smania display case with figural veneered drawers and open glass shelves, a designer chrome and walnut console table, a 19th-century wine cooler and an Indian marriage chest.
Among the Chinese selection at Sheppard's are pairs of vases, painted panels, bronze censers, jardinieres, chargers and porcelain vases converted to lamps. A 19th-century French ormolu clock is estimated at €500-€800 and an 18th-century giltwood pier mirror has an estimate of €1,400-€1,800.
The catalogue is online and sales get underway each day at 10am. A carved stone statue of St Peter at Woodward's, Cork.
Woodward Auctioneers will begin its 2024 season with a selection of house contents from residences in Blackrock, Rochestown and Belgooly. Among the more unusual lots is a very old carved statue of St Peter (€500-€1,000).
There is an estimate of €800-€1,200 on a longcase clock by Harvey of Clonmel and furniture lots include a William IV teapoy (€250-€400), a Georgian walnut chest on chest (€500-€800), a Georgian work table (€300-€400), a Queen Anne inlaid desk (€400-€600) and a small Edwardian walnut bureau (€200-€300).
Value in antique furniture continues to be a feature in 2024 and estimates are low on a range of items as diverse as a William IV sewing table, an Edwardian chest of drawers, a quartetto nest of tables, a Victorian card table, a demi lune side table and an Edwardian credenza.
There will be more than 300 lots, including a selection of artworks and the Cook Street auctions rooms are open for viewing from this afternoon.
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