Russian items bear up at auction

Irish silver was popular at Adam’s (20% buyer’s premium) in June – see ATG next week – and Irish furniture did well enough, with a c.1830 serpentine side table with marble-and-malachite top getting away at €8000 (£7000).

But the stand-out lots at the At Home sale in Dublin on June 17 were two pieces from Russia.

The …

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