Antiques: A bull, a bookcase and a portrait of Jane Austen's grandniece at Stradbally Hall auction

Des O'Sullivan previews a sale of great variety with Irish country-house provenance

A George III Adam breakfront bookcase from Temple House at Sheppard's.

A Killarney davenport exhibited at the RDS in the 19th century, a Cork silver coffee pot, a micromosaic panel of the Doves of Pliny, the Farnese Bull and a French Empire eagle standard are among the collective delights at the Sheppard's Stradbally Hall sale in Co Laois on Tuesday and Wednesday (May 19-20).

The emphasis is on Irish country house provenance in an auction of great variety and more than 1,200 lots. It is on view at Stradbally Hall from today.