Fine Arts: A wealth of treasures for sale at Navan’s Knockboyne House
Matthews’ Knockboyne House Contents Sale, which includes a carved Jacobean monk’s bench and works by JB Yeats and Harry Kernoff, is to be held today at 2.30pm
Bidding gets under way for Matthews Knockboyne House Contents Sale at 2.30pm today.
Furniture highlights in this Victorian villa include a Regency fold-over card table with brass inlaid decoration (€1,000-€1,500), a pair of Irish satinwood demi-line side tables (€2,000-€3,000), a pair of ginormous brass bound peat buckets with swing carry handles (€1,200-€1,800) and an ornately carved Jacobean monk’s bench (€250-€350). A rarity is a Russian icon depicting Christ (€200-€300).
Given the amount of table silver, ...