Antiques: Musical chairs and tables at sales that capture the imagination
A Black Forest musical chair and table, left, and Daninsh wishbone chairs, below right,at Victor Mee; a pair of quartetto nests of tables, top right, at Woodwards in Cork.
Danish wishbone chairs, bronze boxing hares, a 19th-century French oak refectory table and a Black Forest musical chair are included among nearly 1,000 lots at online evening sales by Victor Mee this Tuesday and Wednesday (July 22-23).
There is nothing in this eclectic selection to prevent the imagination of a collector from soaring to new and unexplored heights. Where to place a pair of cast-iron pier caps in the form of a stag standing on a ball?
Maybe not to the taste of everyone, but they can be yours for an estimated €1,000-€2,000. There is a similar estimate on a fine sturdy three seater cast-iron garden bench, a pair of moulded sandstone lifesize models of Great Danes and a pair of 19th-century wrought-iron entrance gates.
Hand-cut granite gate posts, a 19th-century sandstone trough, a wrought-iron portable glasshouse, a pair of sandstone lattice urns and an early 20th-century French wrought-iron greenhouse are all on offer.
A 19th-century brassbound campaign chest (€1,400-€1,800), a French William IV centre table with marble top (€800-€1,200), a 19th-century lime washed oak chest (€600-€1,200), a walnut inlaid credenza with three glazed doors (€400-€800), a Regency rent table with leather top (€400-€800), a Victorian rosewood and satinwood inlaid side table (€350-€650), a pair of art deco bedside lockers (€350-€650) and a bank of four graduated drawers in the shape of drums €300-€600) are included among nearly 400 lots of furniture with estimates of from a little as €10 for an Edwardian three-tier cake stand.
A set of eight vintage Danish wishbone dining chairs with woven rush seats carry an estimate of €1,000-€2,000.
A 19th-century Black Forest rosewood and burr walnut musical chair and table is slightly more expensive, at €1,500-€2,500. This inlaid furniture contains a hidden musical box.
In Cork, viewing for the Woodwards online sale next Saturday (July 26) at 10am gets underway today. The sale offers a selection of furniture including a pair of quartetto nests of tables (€800-€1,200), a Georgian longcase clock (€400-€600), a Georgian bureau (€300-€400), a burr walnut demi-lune side table (€400-€600), a Victorian walnut card table (€250-€400), a pair of Victorian cast-iron urns-on-stands (€800-€1,200) and a large Persian rug (€600-€800).
The auction is on view at Woodwards from 2pm to 4pm today and tomorrow, and from 10am to 4pm on Monday to Friday.
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