Country House Collections at Slane Castle 13
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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV COLONIAL ROSEWOOD
FOLD-OVER TOP CARD TABLES,
green baize interiors, each on urn shaped turned central
supports, the concave platform bases with canted leaf carved
scrolling paw feet, on castors, one with the remains of a typed
label ‘Lisboa’. 87cm wide, 43cm deep (closed), 73cm high
€2000 - 3000
380
A TRELLIS KINGWOOD MARQUETRY SMALL
CYLINDER BUREAU DU DAME,
c.1900, in Louis XVI style, three quarter galleried white marble top, with
fitted interior and pull-out writing slide, with frieze drawer, on square
tapering legs, with gilt brass mounts. 80cm wide, 107cm high
€800 - 1200
381
A INLAID KINGWOOD COMMODE, FRENCH
18TH CENTURY,
of serpentine outline, the red veined marble top with moulded rim above
two short and one long drawer, with applied ormolu mounts and handles,
and raised on slender supports. 82cm high; 80cm wide, 56cm deep
Provenance: From the estate of Tony Sweeney
By repute:
The Prince Imperial, who died after serving in the British Army in the
Ashanti Wars in Africa. His grandmother the Empress Eugenie was so
heartbroken that she could not bear to have any of his effects sent home.
Instead this commode was handed over to the family of Captain Barton
of Straffan, who was killed at the same time. It passed by descent to the
Childers family, and was sold in the early seventies by Robert Childers to
Sean O’Criadain and thence to the late Tony Sweeney
€2000 - 3000
382
A SET OF TEN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY
FRAMED TUB BACK CHAIRS,
formerly part of the interior furnishings of the R.M.S. Celtic,
1901, each with scroll back crest rail carved with foliate panels,
with channelled down scrolling armrests, drop-in upholstered
seats and cast iron triform base.
€3000 - 5000
