From console tables to porcelain birds at Great Irish Interiors sale

'More than 1,300 lots showcase the rich history of antiques, art and decorative objects rooted in the Grand Tour, the Enlightenment and trade links with China and the Middle East'

Sat, 24 May, 2025 - 01:27

Des O’Sullivan

A pair of Irish giltwood console tables, a Cork shipwreck paintedby Richard Peterson Atkinson, 19th-century porcelain birds, possibly Meissen, and a Donegal carpet attributed to CFA Voysey — trappings typical of a grand Irish country house — feature at the Great Irish Interiors sale at Sheppard's in Durrow on Tuesday and Wednesday (May 27-28).

More than 1,300 lots showcase the rich history of antiques, art and decorative objects rooted in the Grand Tour, the Enlightenment and trade links with China and the Middle East that once abounded in the houses of Ireland.