Some weeks ago, this page carried details of a late 18th century Irish satinwood linen press which appears to have been specially made for Dublin's Gandon-designed Custom House.

This piece of furniture is lot 483 in an auction being held next Tuesday by HOK Fine Art at the RDS, Dublin, where it is expected to make £3,000 to £5,000.

It is by no means the only item of Irish origin because the preceding lot is a fine large giltwood and gesso convex mirror flanked by a pair of flambeaux sconces (£4,000 to £6,000). The mirror was made around 1825 by Cornelius Callaghan who maintained premises in the capital on Clare Street.

Also Irish is lot 477, a large mahogany circular dining table dating from the early 19th century and seemingly from the workshops of Mack, Williams & Gibton (£15,000 to £20,000). Formerly in Balrath Burry, Co Meath, when that house was reduced in size in the 1940s, the table was acquired by the Kildare Street Club and, on the closure of those premises, bought by the present owners.

Meanwhile, lot 479 is a smaller and less ornamented Irish circular dining table dating from the mid-19th century (£10,000 to £15,000).

There are a number of handsome Irish centre tables, such as lot 458, in mahogany and dating from the early 19th century (£4,000 to £6,000) and lot 473, an early 19th century example of Gillingtons' workmanship in crossbanded mahogany (£2,500 to £4,000).

Lot 476, an Irish early-19th century mahogany and ebony line inlaid drum table with tooled leather inset top and frieze fitted with drawers carries a pre-sale-estimate of £14,000 to £18,000, while lot 454, an Irish 18th century upholstered wing armchair, originally from Mount Bellew in Co Galway, is expected to fetch £5,000 to £8,000.

Finally among so much Irish furniture, look out for lots 445, a large mid-19th century mahogany bookcase by Jones & Sons of Dublin (£4,000 to £6,000), number 442, an early 19th century mahogany-framed and leather-upholstered Grecian sofa (£3,000 to £5,000) and number 465, an 18th century giltwood and flat-carved gesso pier glass (£2,500 to £4,000).

All the furniture comes in the second half of the sale, beginning at 2.30 p.m., but in the morning from 10.30 a.m., silver, glass, paintings and books are being offered.

The selection of glassware looks especially strong, thanks to the presence of such lots as number 100, a 19th century tapering jug engraved by Franz Tieze (£2,000 to £3,000), large amounts of whose work was sold by the same auction house in June 2000.