Antiques: A Queen Anne desk and a penal cross from Donegal

Des O'Sullivan checks out furniture and collector's items for indoor and outdoor spaces 

A Queen Anne kneehole desk at Woodwards, left; a yew wood penal cross dated 1717 at Victor Mee, right.

An attractive walnut Queen Anne kneehole desk and a Queen Anne walnut chest on stand (€1,000-€1,800) will come up at Woodwards sale in Cork next Saturday (November 21). 

Feature furniture lots include a longcase clock by William Maddock, Waterford (€1,000-€2,000), a pair of boarhead garden urns (€1,500-€2,200), a Louis XV-style vitrine (€400-€800), a Georgian bureau (€500-€800), a William IV card table (€300-€500) and a pair of cast-iron honeycomb garden benches (€1,500-€2,000).