Antiques: From a luxury landau to a dugout chair, Durrow auction recalls bygone Ireland

Des O'Sullivan previews an auction that rekindles memories of bygone rural life

A 1908 landau and a rare 18th-century dugout ash chair at Sheppard's.

A stylish landau, a byword for luxury transport in days of yore and still maintained as a State coach in countries like Canada, Japan and the UK, comes up at Sheppard's sale in Durrow on Tuesday week (May 13). 

The c1908 model, by John Marston's Carriage Works Ltd of Birmingham, with a classical low shell and cover that can be let down, is estimated at €8,000-€12,000.