Antiques: From Louis Vuitton to tea services and wall brackets
An Irish silver tea service by Kean Mahony, Cork.
A double wardrobe steamer trunk dating from circa 1930 by Louis Vuitton is, at €5,000-€7,000, the most expensively estimated lot at the James Adam At Home online-only sale which ends from 11am next Monday (November 27).
On offer is a selection of 467 lots of silver, antique furniture, mirrors, rugs, desks, lighting, porcelain and art including a selection of botanical artwork by Wendy Walsh (1915-2014).
Among a selection of provincial pieces by various makers is a c1830 three-piece silver tea service with the mark of Kean Mahony, Cork is estimated at €1,500-€2,000.
A Victorian brass club fender has an estimate of €1,200-€1,800, as has a pair of French Vernis Martin display cabinets and a Victorian writing desk by Maple and Co is estimated at €2,000-€3,000. The estimate on a pair of giltwood and gesso wall brackets with ho ho birds is €500-€700 and there is an estimate of just €100-€200 on a 19th-century inlaid walnut and marquetry tilt-top chess table.
The auction is on view today and tomorrow at Adams and the catalogue is online.
