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A NEST OF THREE IRISH KILARNEY YEW WOOD AND MARQUETRY OCCASIONAL TABLES
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A NEST OF THREE IRISH KILARNEY YEW WOOD AND MARQUETRY OCCASIONAL TABLES

CIRCA 1862

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A NEST OF THREE IRISH KILARNEY YEW WOOD AND MARQUETRY OCCASIONAL TABLES
CIRCA 1862
Each rectangular top centred by an oval panel depicting ruins with chequer-banded and shamrock and fern borders, the smallest table with gilt-heightened inscription 'M.J.C Sept 27th 1862 Kilarney Lakes', on ring-turned and splayed end supports joined by stretchers
29½in. (75cm.) high; 23½in. (59.5cm.) wide; 14½in. (37cm.) deep (3)
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Lot Essay

The manufacture of Killarney Wares began in the 1820s when the town and its lakes and ruins became a tourist attraction for visiting English upper classes. Local bog-oak and bog-yew were carved as small souvenirs, while Artubus wood (arbutus unedo) a tree shrub with Mediterranean origin which grew in the mild and damp climate of South West Ireland, was the primary timber for prestigious wares such as davenports, cabinets and game tables.

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