A fine pair of giltwood eagle console tables originally from Kilkenny Castle in IrelandSecond quarter 18th century
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A fine pair of giltwood eagle console tables originally from Kilkenny Castle in Ireland
Second quarter 18th century
Each with a verde antico veneered rectangular marble top, above a Vitruvian-scroll frieze, on an eagle with outspread wings standing on a rocky base, on ebonised rectangular plinth with stepped corners, areas of re-gilding, 115cm wide, 61cm deep, 83.5cm high (45" wide, 24" deep, 32.5" high).
Estimate:
AU$ 100,000 - 150,000
£65,000 - 97,000
US$ 98,000 - 150,000

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    Private Collection Queensland
    Private Collection UK
    Sheppard's Irish Auction House, Durrow Co Laois, 27th April 2010
    Private Collection Co Kildare
    Kilkenny Castle Auction Ireland, 18th November 1935, Battersby & Co, Lots 1763 & 2463
    Kilkenny Castle Ireland

Auction Notices

  • Please note: the description should read, A fine pair of eagle console tables, second quarter of 18th century. Provenance: the pair of tables are by repute originally from Kilkenny Castle, but we can not confirm that they were in fact lots 1763 and 2463 in the 1935 sale of the castle contents as stated in the catalogue.

Category: Furniture / Australian Colonial Furniture and Australiana

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James Hendy Bonhams
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Dalia Stanley Bonhams
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76 Paddington Street
Sydney, 2021
Australia
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FaxFax: +61 2 9475 4110
Specialist - Australian Colonial Furniture and Australiana