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Auction date Wednesday 6 March 2024 10:30 - 17:30 GMT
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Auction: 

Wednesday 6th March at 10.30am

at Duke's Fine Art Saleroom, DT1 1GA


Viewing: 

at Sandford Orcas Manor, DT9 4SB

Entry will be by catalogue only.  £30 admits two people.

SILVER, JEWELLERY, MEDALS AND STAINED GLASS TO BE VIEWED AT DUKE'S DORCHESTER SALEROOM, DT1 1GA

Saturday 2nd March 10am - 4pm 

Sunday 3rd March 10am - 4pm

Monday 4th March 10am - 4pm

Tuesday 5th March 10am - 4pm

Please note:

Access at the Manor is limited with uneven surfaces and steep stairs.

We regret the property is not wheelchair accessible.


To pre-order a catalogue or if you have any enquiries please contact 

sandfordorcas@dukes-auctions.com or call +44 (0)1305 265080

£30 (plus postage)


Bidding:

 Live bidding will be available for this auction through this website, The Saleroom and Easylive Auction. Please ensure your registration is completed early to avoid disappointment. Commission Bidding and Telephone bidding is also available. 

Unfortunately, Duke's are unable to offer a postal or delivery service. We are pleased to recommend reputable carriers and can advise on air-freight and other forms of dispatch.

For more information please contact Duke's on 01305 265080 or email enquiries@dukes-auctions.com


Collection

On proof of payment, purchased lots will be available for collection from Sandford Orcas from Wednesday 6th March to Wednesday 13th March from 10am - 4pm, excluding the weekend 9th - 10th March. Whilst we are happy to provide assistance please bring the requisite people required to collect your purchases. All items not collected from Sandford Orcas Manor by 4pm Wednesday 13th March will be moved to Sackville-West, (Andover) at the buyer's risk and expense.

Specialist Items: Removal of all electrical fittings, garden effects and large furniture is entirely at the buyer's risk and expense. Please note that we will be unable to provide assistance with these items.


Storage Charges

Items removed to Sackville-West in Andover will be available for collection from 9am on Monday 18th March. A minimum storage charge of £20 (plus VAT) per lot, and a further storage charge of £3 (plus VAT) per lot, per part or full day thereafter. These charges will be the sole liability of the purchaser, and will be billed directly to them by Sackville West, (Andover). Sackville-West may be willing to adjust their charges if they are instructed by the purchaser to deliver to them. On payment of all sales and storage costs items will be available for collection by appointment from Sackville-West., (Andover). These charges are set by Sackville-West., (Andover); we recommend that you contact them directly regarding queries relating to these charges and other matters arising in relation to storage. Staff at the saleroom will be unable to answer questions relating to items that have been removed from Sandford Orcas. 

Sackville-West -www.sackvillewest.co.uk - 02080 909988

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Total lots: 492

A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS
Lot 145 Sold
A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS
of Sheraton design, the square backs incorporating three vertical rails, 89cm high (8)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £300 - £600
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A GEORGE II WALNUT BUREAU
Lot 146 Sold
A GEORGE II WALNUT BUREAU
with crossbanding and herringbone banding, apparently retaining the original brass handles and escutcheons, with a fall-flap enclosing a fitted interior over an arrangement of four graduated drawers, on bracket feet, 92cm wide x 53.5cm deep x 107cm high

Provenance: Although not bearing a label, this bureau was almost certainly made for Ven House, Milborne Port, Somerset between 1725 and 1735.
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A GEORGE III OAK OCCASIONAL TABLE
Lot 147 Sold
A GEORGE III OAK OCCASIONAL TABLE
converted from a wash stand, with a square top over a single frieze drawer, on square tapering legs, 38cm wide; a Victorian wall thermometer with a carved and stained wood frame, 42cm high; and a waste paper bin formed from old leather book bindings, 23.5cm wide (3)
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A SET OF SIX GEORGE I STYLE BRASS WALL LIGHTS
Lot 148 Sold
A SET OF SIX GEORGE I STYLE BRASS WALL LIGHTS
each with two scrolling branches, fitted for electricity, the backs with acorn finials, 23cm high (6)

Please note that two of these can be viewed in the Solar Room.
To be removed at the Buyer’s risk and expense.
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
ENGLISH SCHOOL, circa 1620 A portrait of a gentleman
Lot 149 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, circa 1620 A portrait of a gentleman
traditionally identified as James I, or Sir Walter Raleigh, wearing an embroidered doublet, a white ruff and a black hat trimmed with a jewel, a pearl earring in his left ear, oil on panel, 49cm x 37.5cm, in a carved giltwood frame
Hammer price: £3,500
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
JOHANNES WITHOOS (1648-1688) A still life of fruit
Lot 150 Sold
JOHANNES WITHOOS (1648-1688) A still life of fruit
hanging from a nail with butterflies and a snail, oil on canvas, 88cm x 70cm

Provenance: According to the old valuation, originally in the Dining Room at Ven House, Milborne Port, and illustrated in “Country Life” February 14th 1980, page 419.
Hammer price: £5,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £10,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
WILLIAM SHUTER A portrait of Mervin Medlycott
Lot 151 Sold
WILLIAM SHUTER A portrait of Mervin Medlycott
aged 19, as a Lieutenant in the Inniskilling Dragoons, standing full-length with a terrier in a landscape, inscribed with the identity of the sitter, signed and dated 1793, oil on canvas, 59cm x 44cm, apparently retaining the original carved giltwood frame
Hammer price: £2,400
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
CATHERINE OULESS A portrait of Sir Hubert Medlycott, Bt.
Lot 152 Sold
CATHERINE OULESS A portrait of Sir Hubert Medlycott, Bt.
sitting in an armchair reading the newspaper, signed and dated (lower left) 1939, oil on canvas, 53cm x 76cm, in the original giltwood and gesso frame

Note: According to a label, the artist was a friend of the sitter, who lived at Sandford Orcas Manor between 1920 and 1964.
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A GROUP OF THREE SILHOUETTES
Lot 153 Sold
A GROUP OF THREE SILHOUETTES
including Thomas Hutchins Medlycott, of Ven House, dated 1770, 10cm high; and two others; together with two early 20th century photograph portraits (5)

Provenance: Two of the silhouettes bear old Ven House labels to the reverse.
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY KNIFE BOXES
Lot 154 Sold
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY KNIFE BOXES
inlaid with chequered stringing, with serpentine fronts and hinged lids opening to reveal interiors converted for stationery, the lids applied with the letter “M” in silver-coloured metal and the fronts with silver-coloured metal pull handles and escutcheons, 22cm wide x 37cm high (2)
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £300 - £600
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A GRADUATED SET OF FOUR WILLIAM III PEWTER BALUSTER WINE MEASURES
Lot 155 Sold
A GRADUATED SET OF FOUR WILLIAM III PEWTER BALUSTER WINE MEASURES
with bifurcated thumbpieces, simple scroll handles and flat lids, the baluster bodies with incised lines at intervals comprising a gallon measure, with the maker's mark of William Bancks on the centre of the lid and “W.R.” crowned on the lip, 33.5cm; a quart measure, 20.5cm high; a pint measure, stamped “W.R.”
crowned on the rim, 15.5cm high; and a half-pint measure, 13cm high (4)
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £300 - £600
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A WILLIAM III PEWTER BALUSTER WINE MEASURE
Lot 156 Sold
A WILLIAM III PEWTER BALUSTER WINE MEASURE
with a flat lid inscribed with ownership initials “HIM” with a double-volute thumbpiece and a scroll handle, the body with incised lines, inscribed with a monogram of scrolling script; and a collection of pewter including four tankards with cylindrical bodies, a measure with a baluster body, a baluster pepperette, 18th century, a small measure with a bifurcated thumbpiece and a simple “S”-scroll handle, and a tea canister decorated with chinoiserie inlaid with brass, 19cm high (9)
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A QUEEN ANNE PEWTER SHALLOW BOWL
Lot 157 Sold
A QUEEN ANNE PEWTER SHALLOW BOWL
with a plain rim, by John Duncomb, Birmingham, and bearing spurious marks for “London”, 45.5cm diameter; and a pair of pewter chargers with plain rims and unidentified maker’s marks incorporating portcullises on the bases, with ownership monogram “EPM” on the bases, 45.5cm diameter; and two others (5)
Hammer price: £440
Estimate: £300 - £600
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A WILLIAM AND MARY PEWTER CHARGER
Lot 158 Sold
A WILLIAM AND MARY PEWTER CHARGER
with a broad rim, the base with the maker’s mark of Christopher Raper, London, circa 1690, 66cm diameter
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A PAIR OF GERMAN GLASS PINT TANKARDS
Lot 159 Sold
A PAIR OF GERMAN GLASS PINT TANKARDS
with pewter mounts and lids, the glass body of one cut and etched with Joseph and the Christ Child, and the other with an armorial within strapwork borders, the pewter lids of each with an upright thumbpiece and a slightly domed top with ownership initials “FC” and the date "1796”, 20cm high; and a similar glass
tankard cut with the armorial of the Royal House of Bavaria highlighted in gilt, 20.5cm high (3)
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A PAIR OF REGENCY STYLE CUT GLASS AND BRASS MOUNTED INKWELLS
Lot 160 Sold
A PAIR OF REGENCY STYLE CUT GLASS AND BRASS MOUNTED INKWELLS
the faceted wells with hinged lids, on neoclassical ‘tazza’ form turned bases, 11.5cm high overall x 21cm wide (2)
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A PAIR OF GEORGE II PEWTER CHARGERS
Lot 161 Sold
A PAIR OF GEORGE II PEWTER CHARGERS
the plain rims with cockerel crests, the bases with touch marks and unidentified makers mark “JS Hope”, circa 1750, 42cm diameter; and a pair of smaller chargers with the same crest and “London” touch marks, 33.5cm (4)
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE II PEWTER PLATES
Lot 162 Sold
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE II PEWTER PLATES
the plain rims engraved with a cockerel crest, with touch marks for “London”, 30.5cm diameter; a collection of ten other pewter plates and a bowl, some with the cockerel crest and two plates with the Medlycott armorial and an unidentified maker’s mark with a rose stamp on the base (15)
Hammer price: £560
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A GEORGE III EBONISED BRACKET CLOCK
Lot 163 Sold
A GEORGE III EBONISED BRACKET CLOCK
inscribed on a silvered panel in the centre of the dial “John Meredith, London”, the eight day bell striking movement with a verge escapement, a date aperture, a bob pendulum aperture and a strike/silent indicator in the arched lunette above the silvered chapter ring, with rococo gilt metal spandrels cast and chased with leafy foliage and scrollwork, the back plate with engraved foliate decoration,
ebonised case with flambeau urn finials, moulded brass bracket feet and a swing carrying handle,…
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A GARNITURE OF THREE CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE VASES
Lot 164 Sold
A GARNITURE OF THREE CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE VASES
Qianlong, comprising a slender baluster vase and domed cover, and two flared sleeve-shaped vases decorated in famille rose enamels with peacocks strutting on rockwork amidst blossoming foliage including chrysanthemums and peonies, the central vase 36.5cm high (3)
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £300 - £600
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A NORTH WEST PERSIAN HERIZ STYLE RUG
Lot 165 Sold
A NORTH WEST PERSIAN HERIZ STYLE RUG
20th century, with central floral medallion on a brick red ground, four further medallions to the corners, 160cm x 122cm; together with another modern rug, with dark red ground, 180cm x 91cm (2)
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A GEORGE I WALNUT BUREAU
Lot 166 Sold
A GEORGE I WALNUT BUREAU
with crossbanding and herringbone banding, the fall flap enclosing a fitted interior, drawers and pigeonholes, and the exterior with four graduated drawers apparently retaining the original brass handles and escutcheon plates, on bracket feet, 92cm wide x 104cm high

Provenance: Probably removed from Ven House, Milborne Port, circa 1929, and with a label inscribed “Ven. Drawing Room”.
Hammer price: £3,800
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A DUTCH MINIATURE WALNUT CABINET ON STAND
Lot 167 Sold
A DUTCH MINIATURE WALNUT CABINET ON STAND
with a shaped cornice over a pair of panelled doors enclosing shelves and four small drawers, on a stand with four further drawers, on five faceted legs joined by shaped stretchers, 64cm wide x 85cm high

Provenance: Intriguingly, the key label is inscribed “Forbes Cabinet” which may indicate that it came from the second wife of Hubert Hutchings, from Invercauld, Scotland.
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WORK TABLE
Lot 168 Sold
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WORK TABLE
of Sheraton design, with a shaped rectangular top opening to reveal a fitted interior, on square tapering legs joined by an “X”-form stretcher, 50cm wide
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A RARE GEORGE I ASH-VENEERED MINIATURE CABINET ON STAND
Lot 169 Sold
A RARE GEORGE I ASH-VENEERED MINIATURE CABINET ON STAND
with ebony banding and stringing, the pair of doors enclosing eleven small drawers and various secret drawers, including three revealed by a slide at the back of the chest, with a single drawer below and on a stand with cabriole legs ending in pad feet, 52cm wide x 91cm high

Provenance: Probably acquired by Hubert Hutchings in the late 19th century. One of the drawers bears a label inscribed “Mrs P. Bedroom”, but the identity of “Mrs P.” is not known.
Hammer price: £7,500
Estimate: £5,000 - £10,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT CHEST OF DRAWERS
Lot 170 Sold
A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT CHEST OF DRAWERS
the rectangular top with four veneered panels enclosed by a broad herringbone banded border, over two short and two long drawers with brass penny-drop handles and cartouche-shaped escutcheons, on bracket feet, 89cm wide x 78.5cm high x 51.5cm deep

Provenance: Probably removed from Ven House circa 1929 and with a label inscribed “Gallery Bedroom, Ven House”.
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY CADDY TOP CHEST OF DRAWERS
Lot 171 Sold
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY CADDY TOP CHEST OF DRAWERS
with brushing slide over two short and three long graduated drawers, all apparently retaining original handles and escutcheons, on shaped bracket feet, 81cm high x 81cm wide x 42cm deep

Provenance: With Ven House label to drawer interior, inscribed ‘Little Ven 1929’.
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BOWFRONT DRESSING TABLE
Lot 172 Sold
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BOWFRONT DRESSING TABLE
with two drawers on tapered bock legs terminating in spade feet, 76cm high x 84cm wide x 51cm deep

Provenance: With Ven House label to the interior, inscribed ‘Gallery Passage 1929’.
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A GEORGE III SHIELD-SHAPED TOILET MIRROR
Lot 173 Sold
A GEORGE III SHIELD-SHAPED TOILET MIRROR
the serpentine base with three drawers, on bracket feet, 58cm high x 46cm wide x 22cm deep
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A GEORGE III ELM SIDE CHAIR
Lot 174 Sold
A GEORGE III ELM SIDE CHAIR
with embroidered drop-in seat, on block legs, 92cm high; together with a Regency child’s chair, 68cm high; an elm stool, 46cm high; and a another side chair with ram’s head carved back splat, 91cm high (4)
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A REGENCY RED MOROCCO JEWELLERY CASKET
Lot 175 Sold
A REGENCY RED MOROCCO JEWELLERY CASKET
with gilt tooled decoration, the gadrooned top with a gilt metal carrying handle over a single door enclosing an arrangement of four drawers, on winged gilt metal paw feet, 19.5cm high x 29cm high (maximum)

Provenance: The key label inscribed “Red Morocco Casket, Dowager, Lady M’s 1837”, which almost certainly refers to Elizabeth Medlycott (née Tugwell).
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
HENRY JOHN JOHNSON The Troop Ship HMS Euphrates leaving Portsmouth Harbour
Lot 176 Sold
HENRY JOHN JOHNSON The Troop Ship HMS Euphrates leaving Portsmouth Harbour
signed and dated 1884, oil on canvas, 44cm x 74.5cm, and the companion painting of HMS Serapis off Spithead Fort (2)
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
HUBERT J. MEDLYCOTT A view of the estuary and shipping at Shoreham, Sussex
Lot 177 Sold
HUBERT J. MEDLYCOTT A view of the estuary and shipping at Shoreham, Sussex
signed and dated 1894, watercolour, 27.5cm x 51.5cm; and a watercolour on paper of a three-masted steam war ship HMS Minstrel, with a lighthouse and a single-deck frigate beyond, painted by Lt. Mervin B. Medlycott, (Commander of HMS Minstrel) in the West Indies circa 1866-69, 28.5cm x 49.5cm (2)
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
MONOGRAMMIST HME "Brat" a terrier
Lot 178 Sold
MONOGRAMMIST HME "Brat" a terrier
monogrammed and dated 1914, watercolour, 25.5cm x 32.5cm; and a sepia drawing of Sherborne Castle, Dorset by Elizabeth Medlycott dated 1820, 25.5cm x 38cm (2)
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
AN ITALIAN BAROQUE PROCESSIONAL CROSS
Lot 179 Sold
AN ITALIAN BAROQUE PROCESSIONAL CROSS
with traces of gilding, with iron fixing to the base, 58cm high overall x 41cm wide
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SHEFFIELD PLATE CANDLESTICKS
Lot 180 Sold
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SHEFFIELD PLATE CANDLESTICKS
with campana-shaped nozzles, tapering stems and circular bases, 28.5cm high (2)
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A CANTON FAMILLE ROSE DISH
Lot 181 Sold
A CANTON FAMILLE ROSE DISH
Qing, enamelled in polychrome with elegant figures in a pavilion with a garden beyond, enclosed by a border of flowers, cornucopiae and butterflies, on a celadon ground, 34cm diameter; a pair of Victorian moulded and cut-glass water carafes with polished-out pontil marks, 25cm high; and a decanter (4)
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY FOUR-POSTER BED
Lot 182 Sold
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY FOUR-POSTER BED
18th century and later, with a painted cornice incorporating stylised flowers, lozenges and rectangular tablets painted with roses, the front corners with projecting angles and the front arched, on faceted front posts carved with wheatears, upright acanthus leaves, bellflowers and drapery swags suspended
from ribbon-tied bows ending in block feet, 290cm high x c.150cm wide x c.205cm long; together with the matching painted window pelmets
Note: An advertisement from Country Life ( June 10th 1971) for Trevor of London and Brighton…
Hammer price: £7,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A GEORGE II YEW WOOD TEA TABLE
Lot 183 Sold
A GEORGE II YEW WOOD TEA TABLE
the folding rectangular top with rounded corners over a single frieze drawer retaining the original pierced brass escutcheon and handles, on lappet-carved club legs ending in pad feet, 81cm wide x 38cm deep x 74cm high

Note: According to family records, this table appears in a photograph of the Great Hall taken circa 1877.
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £800 - £1,600
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A GEORGE III SATINWOOD PEMBROKE TABLE
Lot 184 Sold
A GEORGE III SATINWOOD PEMBROKE TABLE
of Sheraton design, with ebonised and kingwood banding, the rectangular top with twin flaps over a single drawer retaining the original brass ring handles and plates, the reverse with a simulated drawer, on square tapering legs ending in spade feet and castors, 82cm x 106.5cm (extended)
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £300 - £600
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A SET OF THREE GEORGE II ANGLO-CHINESE PADOUK DINING CHAIRS
Lot 185 Sold
A SET OF THREE GEORGE II ANGLO-CHINESE PADOUK DINING CHAIRS
with carved and shaped backs centred by a pierced splat, over leather drop-in seats, with undulating aprons and carved square front legs ending in claw feet, 92cm high x 59cm wide (3)
Hammer price: £3,400
Estimate: £800 - £1,600
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRIPOD TABLES
Lot 186 Sold
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRIPOD TABLES
each with a rectangular top, on a fluted and gadrooned baluster shaft and with an acanthus-carved tripod base, 55cm x 44cm x 71.5cm (2)
Hammer price: £3,800
Estimate: £400 - £600
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A GEORGE I BURR WALNUT BUREAU BOOKCASE
Lot 187 Sold
A GEORGE I BURR WALNUT BUREAU BOOKCASE
with a plain moulded cornice over a pair of bevelled glass doors (originally silvered mirror plates) and a pair of candle slides, the base with a fall flap inlaid with herringbone banding and incorporating two panels of finely figured timber flanking the Medlycott crest beneath the original pierced brass lock plate, and enclosing a fitted interior with drawers, pigeonholes, cupboard and a well, below a section with two short and two long drawers, on bracket feet, 110cm wide x 59cm deep x 216.5cm high
Provenance: Almost certainly made for James Medlycott, the builder of Medlycott House circa 1725,…
Hammer price: £6,500
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY TUB ARMCHAIRS
Lot 188 Sold
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY TUB ARMCHAIRS
with buttoned backs and stop-fluted arms over serpentine seats with fluted front rails, on stop-fluted square tapering legs headed by oval foliate paterae and ending in brass toe caps and castors, 76cm wide across the arms x 95.5cm high (2)

Provenance: Probably removed from Ven House, circa 1929 and with “Ven House” labels to the rails.
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A GEORGE I WALNUT DRESSING MIRROR
Lot 189 Sold
A GEORGE I WALNUT DRESSING MIRROR
with a later plate beneath the shaped cresting, the bombé base with a long drawer over three short drawers, on shaped bracket feet, 46cm wide x 72cm high
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A GEORGE II WALNUT POLE SCREEN
Lot 190 Sold
A GEORGE II WALNUT POLE SCREEN
with a rectangular needlework banner worked with a spray of ribbon-tied flowers, butterflies and insects, within a conforming border of flowers, on an unusual acanthus-carved and fluted shaft and a conforming tripod base ending in knurled toes, 55.5cm wide x 149.5cm high

Provenance: According to family records, this pole screen appears in photographs of the Great Hall taken in 1877 and 1914.
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £400 - £600
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A GEORGE I WALNUT CHEST ON STAND
Lot 191 Sold
A GEORGE I WALNUT CHEST ON STAND
in well-figured timber with crossbanding and herringbone banding throughout, the upper section with a moulded cornice over three short and three long drawers retaining the original engraved brass escutcheon plates and handles, and flanked by fluted angles with carved capitals, the lower section with two long drawers flanked by broad canted corners, on incised cabriole legs with square block feet, 115cm wide x 62cm deep x 183cm high

Provenance: There is a label inscribed "Little Ven, Drawing Room, 1929".
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £3,000 - £6,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
A VICTORIAN WALNUT FOOTSTOOL
Lot 192 Sold
A VICTORIAN WALNUT FOOTSTOOL
the serpentine seat on four scroll legs, 39cm x 32cm; an Edwardian mahogany clothes horse, each panel 50cm wide x 91.5cm high; and a Victorian copper coal helmet with a swing handle, 48cm (maximum) (3)
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024

Total lots: 492

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