MULLENS of Laurel Park is holding an impressively diverse sale next Tuesday when everything from 17th century paintings to bronzes and rugs will be on offer. Among the furniture, the highest estimate of £5,090-£7,000 is for a pair of 19th century continental bookcases with carved and moulded pierced cornices, while a late 17th century William and Mary walnut chest on a stand is expected to fetch £5,000-£6,000.

A Georgian mahogany bureau bookcase, circa 1780, carries an estimate of £4,000-£6,000, and a pair of giltwood and gesso settees is expected to fetch £4,500-£5,500. Both a Georgian mahogany triple top games table and a Regency style mahogany circular dining table carry the same estimate of £3,000-£4,000 and a French six piece kingwood bedroom suite and a Sheraton revival display cabinet alike should make £2,000-£3,000.

The selection of carpets and rugs in this sale includes a pair of Donegal Killybegs carpets (estimate £2,000-£3,000) and a large Esfahan rug (£1,500-£2,000), as well as two Tabriz carpets (£1,200-£1,600 and £800-£1,000 respectively). Among the pictures, there is a pair of portraits by Sir Daniel MacNee, each expected to make £1,500-£2,500 and a 17th century Dutch still life (£2,000-£3,000). James Humbert Craig's West of Ireland View ought to make £800-£1,200, a pair of 19th century British rural scenes by J. Locker £3,000-£5,000 and a 19th century English landscape by Anne Taylor £2,000-£3,000.