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Irish Examiner
24-05-2025
- Irish Examiner
From console tables to porcelain birds at Great Irish Interiors sale
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. 'City of New York aground on Daunt Rock, 1864', a watercolour by Richard Peterson Atkinson, at Sheppard's. Lots like a large French tapestry, a Sevres-style mantel clock and a bronze sculpture of a Roman charioteer on a marble plinth attest to a past which focused both on collection from abroad and promotion of local skills. The latter resulted in lots on offer like an exceptional Killarney davenport, fine Irish silver and antique furniture made by skilled craftspeople in Ireland. The auction is on view in Durrow from today, and the catalogue is online.
Irish Examiner
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
Paintings by old masters and contemporary artists in the frame
Art from Irish old masters to the contemporary will take centre stage at auctions by Morgan O'Driscoll, on Monday, Sheppard's, on Wednesday, and James Adam, on Thursday. The catalogue cover lot for the Irish Old Masters evening sale at Adam's is an arresting portrait of Jane Bryan of Cong by Maria Spilsbury (€8,000-€10,000). The London-born artist relocated to Ireland in 1813. Her work is represented in major institutional collections like the National Gallery of Ireland, the British Museum, Tate Britain and the Museum of Methodism in London. Spilsbury painted portraits, genre scenes and religious work. Her depiction Patron's Day at the Seven Churches, Glendalough, c1816, at the National Gallery is regarded as one of the most significant visual records of early 19th-century devotional life in Ireland. Maria Spilsbury's 'Portrait of Jane Bryan of Cong' at James Adam. The most expensively estimated painting in the sale is Figures by the Temple in the Park at Mount Merrion by William Ashford (€50,000-€80,000). The auction offers a choice of Irish landscapes by artists like James Arthur O'Connor, Thomas Roberts, George Mullins, William Sadler and George Barret. There are portraits by Hugh Douglas Hamilton, Nathaniel Hone, Robert Hunter and others, along with seascapes by Edwin Hayes, Richard Brydges Beechey and John Thomas Serres. The sale kicks off with six etchings and engravings by James Barry, offers a set of Malton's Views of Dublin and a preparatory scheme for the mythological murals at Lyons, Co Kildare, by Gaspare Gabrielli among 66 lots. 'Female Profile', Ya Tsai Chiu, at Morgan O'Driscoll. Two names from the east stand out in Morgan O'Driscoll's current online auction. Ya Tsai Chiu paints gracefully elongated figures that, though different, somehow recall Modigliani, while the sensitive female subjects of Zhao Kailin are endowed with a wistful, enigmatic quality. Both artists have wide appeal and thriving market records. The auction offers highly collectable works by Peter Curling, Donald Teskey, Michael Flatley, Evie Hone, Mr Brainwash, Dan O'Neill, Conor Fallon, Sean Scully and many other artists. A study The Grey Mare, Renvyle was painted in 1933 by Harry Kernoff. A le Brocquy tapestry titled Shimmering Light was woven by Donegal Carpets in 1956 and George Campbell's affectionate study of flamenco performers has all the elan of a man who could play the guitar as well as wield the brush. An Aubusson tapestry, Garlanded Goat, by le Brocquy, leads the Irish and International art auction at Sheppards with an estimate of €80,000-€120,000. Emer, a unique life-sized bronze horse by Anthony Scott, is a significant example of Irish contemporary bronze sculpture. Howard Helmick's 'Whiskey by the Hearth' at James Adam. Scott's sculpture, dedicated to the champion racehorse Sea the Stars, was unveiled at the National Stud by the late Queen Elizabeth during her State visit to Ireland. Sheppard's estimates this one at €30,000-€50,000. Among 166 lots is In Memory by Daniel O'Neill, which was last at auction at The Irish Sale at Christie's in 2007. It is now estimated at €20,000-€30,000. A rare work by William Crozier, Still Life with Jug and Shapes, painted in oil on a tin metal tray, is estimated at €2,000-€3,000. There is a similar estimate on a watercolour by Pauline Bewick, Taurus. Graham Knuttel's 'Still Life: Table Top' at Sheppard's. With art by Markey Robinson, Arthur Maderson, Evie Hone, Fr Jack Hanlon, Mark O'Neill, Henry Healy, Roderic O'Conor, Melanie le Brocquy, Michael Mulcahy, John Doherty, Michael Hales, Hughie O'Donoghue, John Luke and many more renowned Irish artists, this sale has much to hold the interest.
Irish Examiner
03-05-2025
- Automotive
- Irish Examiner
Antiques: From a luxury landau to a dugout chair, Durrow auction recalls bygone Ireland
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. A 1908 landau at Sheppard's. With more than 700 lots, the auction offers deaccessioned material from a private museum dedicated to Irish transport and rural life and another focused on Irish domestic and agricultural heritage. Along with an extensive range of horse-drawn vehicles, vernacular furnishings, agricultural tools, and architectural salvage, are sugan chairs, settle presses, and traditional utensils spanning farming and everyday life. A rare 18th-century dugout ash chair at Sheppard's. Among the highlights are a 1948 Jowett Javelin saloon, an original 19th-century penny farthing bicycle, a black E494A Ford Anglia two-door saloon, an early 19th-century painted pine settle press used as a prop in the filming of The Banshees of Inisherin and a rare 18th-century Irish ash dugout chair.
Irish Independent
02-05-2025
- Automotive
- Irish Independent
In the salerooms: Louis Le Brocquy tapestry, rare Dale Chihuly painting and a lifesize horse statue
Today at 21:30 Sheppard's An auction of Transport Museum and Vernacular Collections takes place online and live at Sheppard's in Durrow, Co Laois, on May 13.
