Porcelain and chairs are the stars of next Wednesday morning's auction at the James Adam salerooms in Dublin. To start with the former, of which there is a more plentiful supply than usual, one of the choicest lots will no doubt be a very extensive late-19th century Coalport part dinner service with distinctive apple green border and hand-painted floral sprigs.

Among almost 100 pieces are a soup tureen, four sauce tureens and five vegetable tureens, all with covers; the estimate on this lot is £1,500£2,000 perhaps reflecting the incomplete nature of the service rather than its attractiveness.

A smaller, more recently produced and more modestly priced lot comprises a set of four Clarice Cliff square plates in the Bizarre pattern (estimate £800£1,200).

It is complemented by two other lots in the same Clarice Cliff design - a damaged vase (accordingly, £140£180) and a pair of single-handle jugs (£800-£1,200).

Elsewhere in the sale is another extensive part dinner service, this time early Victorian from Mason's Ironstone Imari pattern; the 50-plus hand-painted pieces in shades of blue, orange and green carry an estimate of £3,000£5,000.

A 19th century Crown Derby-style tea and coffee service, its blue base decorated with green and gilt foliage, is expected to make £1,000£1,500 while a pair of Coalbrookdale porcelain urns dating from circa 1840 has double that estimate.

Among the items of Belleek is a pair of second period trumpet shaped vases (£300£500) and a first period standing classical female figure (£2,000£3,000).

As for the chairs, these come in small and large sets, such as the pair of Regency mahogany-framed tub-back arm chairs with leather upholstery in the manner of Thomas Hope (£3,000£5,000) and a set of nine Regency mahogany rail-back dining chairs, three of them carvers (£3,000£4,000).

Then there is a pair of Victorian mahogany rectangular hall chairs (£400-£600), a single late 18th century giltwood armchair in the manner of Robert Adam (£800-£1,000), an Irish George I fruitwood-framed dining chair (£500£700) and, for those needing larger numbers, a set of eight William IV mahogany-framed curved back chairs with padded seats (£1,500£2,000). There are plenty of other furniture lots in the same sale. Of particular note are a pair of George III mahogany brass-bound peat buckets (£3,500£5,000), an Irish George IV mahogany rectangular serving table (£2,000£4,000), a George III mahogany sideboard (£1,500£2,000) and a George III mahogany chest on chest (£2,000£3,000).

Finally, a couple of curiosities in this sale are the two 19th century Japanese suits of armour, each contained in a japanned lacquer box and with the same estimate of £3,000£4,000.

One of these could be just the thing to wear when next battling to gain admission to a crowded salesroom.