Antiques: Art, jewels and other treasures sparkle at auctions

Paintings, clocks, chimneypieces and chairs at Sheppard's Gems in the Attic sale and Morgan O'Driscoll's online Irish art event

'Composition' by Evie Hone at Morgan O'Driscoll's auction, left, a pair of parcel gilt and painted elbow chairs at Sheppard's, top right, a pair of art deco silver and mother-of-pearl belt buckles at Sheppard's, below, centre, and 'Before the Storm', Sherkin by Majella O'Neill Collins at Morgan O'Driscoll's, below right.

A neoclassical marble chimneypiece, a pair of parcel gilt elbow chairs, a Georgian lacquered longcase clock and an 18th-century brass door knocker are among the treasures to be found at Sheppard's Gems in the Attic sale in Durrow on Tuesday (January 28).

On offer are works of art from the attics, stables and storerooms of important clients of Sheppards. The 663 lots — ranging in estimate from €20-€40 (for a bottle of Chateau Pessan St Hilaire 1992) to €4,000-€6,000 for the neoclassical marble chimneypiece — are not at all typical of the half-forgotten contents of your average attic storage space.