ADAM'S Country House Collections Day II - 14th October 2025

67 Country House Collections|13 th - 14 th October 2025 571 AN IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY BUREAU WRITING-CABINET, CIRCA 1750, with scrolling broken pediment carved with flowerheads and an eagle above a pair of doors with replaced bevelled mirror, enclos- ing three adjustable shelves and a pair of drawers, the base with adjustable reading-slope sliding forward to reveal a green cloth- lined writing-surface concealing two mahogany drawers, the apron carved with medallion and scrolling foliage, on cabriole legs headed by scallop shells and acanthus with claw feet, the wings of the ea- gle restored, the metalwork apparently original. 232cm high, 102cm wide, 76 cm deep € 40,000 - 60,000 See similar example in Christie’s Auction Catalogue: ‘Glin Castle: A Knight in Ireland’, London, Thursday 7th May 2009, Lot 56. Literature: Glin & Peill, Irish Furniture, 2007, p. 75, fig. 90.