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Auction date Thursday 22 July 2021
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Duke’s are delighted to be holding our inaugural ‘Dorset Auction’ a sale to celebrate the history, literature, arts and crafts of the county. Featured in this auction will be the Derek Mills Library: A Collection of Thomas Hardy and Dorset Books. 

Auction:
Thursday 22nd July at 10.30am

Viewing: 

Saturday 17th July 9:30am - 12pm

Monday 19th - Wednesday 21st July, 9.30am - 5pm

From 9am the day of the Auction 

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Total lots: 189

*EDWIN CHARLES PASCOE HOLMAN BWS (1882-1955) 'Hangman's Cottage, Dorchester'
Lot 73 Sold
*EDWIN CHARLES PASCOE HOLMAN BWS (1882-1955) 'Hangman's Cottage, Dorchester'
watercolour, and two watercolours of Dorset heathland (3)
Provenance: The Bartelot Family Collection, mostly the property of Rev. Richard Grosvenor Bartelot…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
WILLIAM BUSK (1861-1942) A woman peeling vegetables in an interior
Lot 74 Sold
WILLIAM BUSK (1861-1942) A woman peeling vegetables in an interior
signed and named on the back of the frame, inscribed on the back "Bought by Alfred Pope of South Court for 7gns on 7 November 1907 and given to Rev. Richard Grosvenor Bartelot", oil on canvas
Bartelot was Rector of Fordington St. George, Dorchester 1906-1936. A portrait of his predecessor…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
AN ALBUM OF SKETCHES FROM THE 1820'S /1830'S
Lot 75 Unsold
AN ALBUM OF SKETCHES FROM THE 1820'S /1830'S
Artist unknown. Containing scenes of northern Italy, France, Austria and England, including some exercises in perspective, and drawings of Bloxworth House, Dorset.
Provenance: The Bartelot Family Collection, mostly the property of Rev. Richard Grosvenor Bartelot…
Estimate: £100 - £200
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
MUSIC: BOOK OF MANUSCRIPT HYMN TUNES BY WILLIAM KNAPP,
Lot 76 Sold
MUSIC: BOOK OF MANUSCRIPT HYMN TUNES BY WILLIAM KNAPP,
vellum bound, cover detached, with a collection of correspondence and articles, copies of similar compositions and 9 bookmarks.
William Knapp (1698-1768) was parish clerk in Poole for 39 years and a prolific composer of anthems…
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £50 - £100
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
A GUINEA BALANCE
Lot 77 Unsold
A GUINEA BALANCE
by Thomas Williams, London, c.1774, the steel beam with articulated ends, two brass pans and a tassel to suspend them from, in a fitted carved wooden case, with weights and brass hook clasp, makers label inside the lid listing official weights of guineas, half-gunieas etc. from 31 August 1774, and annotated "24 grains is one pennyweight".
Provenance: The lid is inscribed with initials "JB" for John Bragge. John Bragge was a Dorsetshire…
Estimate: £50 - £100
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
FORDINGTON ST. GEORGE CHURCH EPHEMERA
Lot 78 Sold
FORDINGTON ST. GEORGE CHURCH EPHEMERA
including: The History of Fordington (3 copies0; The Calvary Carol, 1910 (2 copies); Christmas Carol 1897 by Rev. R Grosvenor Bartelot; New Year Carol 1947 by Bartelot (written during his final illness); God of Battles - a Hymn of Intercession during the War, Words by Bartelot and music by Arthur Sullivan, Novello & Co; a box of sermons delivered in Dorset; and a travelling cross made from roof timbers of St. George's, Fordington; and other similar items (a lot)
Provenance: The Bartelot Family Collection, mostly the property of Rev. Richard Grosvenor Bartelot…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
DORCHESTER INTEREST: AN OAK WAINSCOT CHAIR
Lot 79 Sold
DORCHESTER INTEREST: AN OAK WAINSCOT CHAIR
made from medieval timbers from the roof of St George's Church, Fordington, with all-over foliate carved decoration, the back with mythical beasts and the date "1600", inscribed to the underside "The old oak of St George's Church, Fordington. Ri: Grosvenor Bartelot, Vicar, 1914", 108cm high x 57cm wide x 55cm deep
On the 7th December 1912, during restoration works being directed by the Vicar, Rev R Grosvenor…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £400
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
DORCHESTER INTEREST: AN OAK TREFOIL TABLE OR 'TRINITY STOOL'
Lot 80 Sold
DORCHESTER INTEREST: AN OAK TREFOIL TABLE OR 'TRINITY STOOL'
made from medieval timbers from the roof of St George's Church, Fordington, inscribed to the underside "Made of old oak from the burnt roof of St George's Church, Fordington. Ri: Grosvenor Bartelot, Vicar, 1914", the 108cm high x 57cm wide x 55cm deep

The Vicar's diary for 18th November 1913 records that he gave a "carved Trinity stool" to the Bishop who conducted the confirmation ceremony that day. Several of these stools were made and distributed around the family
On the 7th December 1912, during restoration works being directed by the Vicar, Rev R Grosvenor…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
DORCHESTER INTEREST: AN OAK CREDENCE TABLE
Lot 81 Sold
DORCHESTER INTEREST: AN OAK CREDENCE TABLE
made from medieval timbers from the roof of St George's Church, Fordington, the canted top above a carved arcaded apron, standing on four carved and fluted legs joined by an undertier, 96cm wide x 69cm high x 37cm deep
On the 7th December 1912, during restoration works being directed by the Vicar, Rev R Grosvenor…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £400
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
THOMAS HARDY: A LETTER FROM THE DEAN OF WESTMINSTER
Lot 82 Sold
THOMAS HARDY: A LETTER FROM THE DEAN OF WESTMINSTER
to The Reverend R. Grosvenor Bartelot marked "Private" and dated "1928" relating to the Dean's permission to bury Thomas Hardy at the Abbey and the controversy about Hardy's Christianity; together with the response from The Reverend R. Grosvenor Bartelot dated January 18th 1928, in unfinished form " .... nevertheless I sincerely believe him to have been at heart a Christian and a churchman" (2)
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £100 - £200
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
EMMA L. HARDY: SPACES - AN EXPOSITION OF GREAT TRUTHS BY A NEW TREATMENT,
Lot 83 Sold
EMMA L. HARDY: SPACES - AN EXPOSITION OF GREAT TRUTHS BY A NEW TREATMENT,
Maxgate, April 1912, inscribed "R. Grosvenor Bartelot from Mrs Thomas Hardy of Max Gate 1912"
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
RICHARD LOCKE: THE WESTERN REBELLION
Lot 84 Unsold
RICHARD LOCKE: THE WESTERN REBELLION
Containing an account of all the persons arraigned and tryed by Lord Chief Justice Jeffreys, printed and sold by H. Norris, Taunton, 1782.
Estimate: £100 - £200
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
A PACQUET OF ADVICES AND ANIMADVERSIONS SENT FROM LONDON TO THE MEN OF SHAFTESBURY
Lot 85 Sold
A PACQUET OF ADVICES AND ANIMADVERSIONS SENT FROM LONDON TO THE MEN OF SHAFTESBURY
printed London 1676
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £80 - £150
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
ALFRED POPE: "THE OLD STONE CROSSES OF DORSET"
Lot 86 Sold
ALFRED POPE: "THE OLD STONE CROSSES OF DORSET"
2nd edition, printed at the Chiswick Press and sold by Henry Ling, Dorchester 1906; a pamphlet "The Walks and Avenues of Dorchester" by Alfred Pope FSA 1916; and a printed leaflet "Memorial Service for Alfred Rolf Pope MA TD JP 1871-1951" (3)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £80 - £150
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
H.J. MOULE MA: DORCHESTER ANTIQUITIES,
Lot 87 Unsold
H.J. MOULE MA: DORCHESTER ANTIQUITIES,
Henry Ling, Printer and Publisher 1901; James Savage: The History of Dorchester, published by G. Clarke, Cornhill, bound with a note from Upcerne House, Cerne Abbas, 1915; John Braye: Swanage (Isle of Purbeck) Its History, Resources as an Invigorating Health Resort, Botany and Geology, published London 1890, with the bookplate of Alfred Pope of Wrackleford, Dorset (3)
Estimate: £80 - £150
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
THE REVEREND R. GROSVENOR BARTELOT, MA, FSA: OUR FAMILY SURNAME,
Lot 88 Unsold
THE REVEREND R. GROSVENOR BARTELOT, MA, FSA: OUR FAMILY SURNAME,
privately printed 1944; a booklet: The Vanished Medieval Castles of Dorset by The Reverend R. Grosvenor Bartelot; and Natural History of Dorset and Somerset, inscribed by R. Grosvenor Bartelot "Valuable So Preserve It" (3)
Estimate: £80 - £150
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
ST. GEORGES PREBENDAL CHURCH FORDINGTON: A COLLECTION OF MATERIAL
Lot 89 Sold
ST. GEORGES PREBENDAL CHURCH FORDINGTON: A COLLECTION OF MATERIAL
including: a pamphlet "Restoration after Damage by Fire"; a pamphlet "The Story of Fordington St. George"; The Monthly Messenger, May 1916; an invitation to the Vicar's wedding, Wednesday November 20th 1907 (admit inside church gates); the Prebendal Church of St. George at Fordington, Dorset and notes on its medieval floor tiles by R. Grosvenor Bartelot;
and two letters from The Duke of Rutland from Haddon Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire dated 1935 relating…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £200
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
ST. GEORGES PREBENDAL CHURCH FORDINGTON: A PAMPHLET FOR THE GRAND JAPANESE FETE AND FANCY FAIR 1914,
Lot 90 Sold
ST. GEORGES PREBENDAL CHURCH FORDINGTON: A PAMPHLET FOR THE GRAND JAPANESE FETE AND FANCY FAIR 1914,
and an album of black and white photographs of the event (2)
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £50 - £100
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
A VICTORIAN PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH ON GLASS
Lot 91 Sold
A VICTORIAN PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH ON GLASS
inscribed to the reverse "William Oldfield Phippard, Esq. of Wareham Priory 1845", a portrait silhouette inscribed to the reverse "The Reverend William Oldfield Bartelot, Rector of Canford d.1843" (2)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
DORSET INTEREST: A HANDWRITTEN INDENTURE
Lot 92 Sold
DORSET INTEREST: A HANDWRITTEN INDENTURE
detailing the transfer of an estate between a Brune Dackombe of Corfe Castle and a John Voegt, ink on vellum, mounted on card
The Dackombe family were prominent Corfe citizens acquiring considerable estates in the Isle of…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS ON VELLUM,
Lot 93 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS ON VELLUM,
largely 18th and 19th century, including items relating to both Dorset and Somerset (a lot)
Estimate: £100 - £200
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
THOMAS HARDY INTEREST: A COLLECTION OF DEEDS
Lot 94 Unsold
THOMAS HARDY INTEREST: A COLLECTION OF DEEDS
relating to a property, number 3, Durngate Street, Dorchester, gifted by Hardy to his sister Katherine in 1916, with Messrs Lock, Reed & Lock Solicitors, Dorchester, the indenture dated 4 July and bearing the signature and seal of Thomas Hardy, together with a number of similar conveyancing documents relating to the same property, prior to the Hardy Family ownership
Number 3 Durngate Street, Dorchester entered the Hardy Family in 1891 when it was acquired by Hardy…
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
HARDY, THOMAS., THE WELL-BELOVED,
Lot 95 Sold
HARDY, THOMAS., THE WELL-BELOVED,
'A Sketch of a Temperament', from 'Thomas Hardy's Works', 'The Wessex Novels Volume XVII', published 1911, London, Macmillan and Co ., Limited., and further volumes in matched gilt tooled leather covers, published by Macmillan 1911-1920 (a lot)
Hammer price: £460
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
22 July 2021
22 July 2021
THOMAS HARDY 'Wessex Poems and Other Verses'
Lot 96 Unsold
THOMAS HARDY 'Wessex Poems and Other Verses'
first Canadian edition, published by George N. Morang & Company Ltd, Toronto, 1899
Estimate: £50 - £100
22 July 2021
22 July 2021

Total lots: 189

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