A LARGE VICTORIAN IRISH KILLARNEY YEW, ARBUTUS AND MARQUETRY DAVENPORT

A LARGE VICTORIAN IRISH KILLARNEY YEW, ARBUTUS AND MARQUETRY DAVENPORT

ATTRIBUTED TO ARTHUR JONES, DUBLIN, C.1870

inlaid with shamrock, hearts and oval panels depicting famous landmarks including Glena Cottage and Muckross Abbey, hunting figures and leaves, the hinged cover enclosing an interior with six drawers, above a writing slope and pen rests, in turn above pair of arched panel doors enclosing five further drawers each inlaid with an oval scene and foliage, flanked by a pair of columns inlaid with spiralling shamrock

119.5cm high, 82.5cm wide, 67.5cm deep

Catalogue note

The Davenport being offered here has close similarities to a Davenport illustrated in G.Bernard Hughes, 'Development of the Davenport', Country Life, 1 July 1971, pl.5 and attributed to Arthur Jones of Dublin. Another, bearing the coats of arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on the doors, forms part of the collection of the Ulster Museum and is illustrated in B.Austen, 'Tunbridge Ware and Related European Decorative Woodwares', p.185, pl.88. Christie's London sold a further example as part of their Highly Important English Furniture Eastern Rugs and Carpets Auction, 29 March 1984, lot 135 and another was sold Bonhams, London 12 February 2002, lot 95.

The inlaid scenes used on this Davenport are of well known tourist spots and are based on engravings of topographical works in the area.