Fine Arts

Snap up a piece of history from the landmark Pouldrew House

Sheppard’s four-day auction focuses primarily on the collection of Dr Jan Mohamed, late owner of the Kilmeaden mansion

Lot 261 is catalogued as Royal Letters Patent of King Charles II granting 2,400 acres in seven towns and villages in Co Waterford to Thomas Brightwell

Sheppards will present its largest auction to date at its Durrow salerooms from May 9 to 12. A significant portion of the 2,040 lots come from Pouldrew House in Co Waterford – home for many years to late medic, collector and scholar Dr Jan Mohamed – alongside other important estates.

Some eye-catching lots include, in chronological order, Lot 238: a late 17th-century Flemish tapestry, measuring 233cm x 328cm, depicting mythological figures in an extensive landscape ...