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Sandford Orcas Manor: Auction of the Contents

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

Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
145	A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS of Sheraton design, the square backs incorporating three vertical rails, 89cm high (8)	£300 - £600	£100	View
146	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,…	£1,000 - £2,000	£3,200	View
147	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…	£50 - £100	£130	View
148	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…	£50 - £100	£40	View
149	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…	£800 - £1,500	£3,500	View
150	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…	£5,000 - £10,000	£5,000	View
151	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…	£800 - £1,500	£2,400	View
152	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…	£100 - £200	£1,400	View
153	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…	£50 - £100	£280	View
154	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…	£300 - £600	£360	View
155	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…	£300 - £600	£1,200	View
156	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…	£100 - £200	£320	View
157	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…	£300 - £600	£440	View
158	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	£200 - £400	£700	View
159	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…	£150 - £250	£280	View
160	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)	£50 - £100	£160	View
161	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”…	£150 - £250	£380	View
162	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…	£150 - £250	£560	View
163	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…	£1,500 - £2,500	£1,300	View
164	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…	£300 - £600	£360	View
165	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)	£50 - £100	£150	View
166	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…	£1,000 - £2,000	£3,800	View
167	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…	£2,000 - £4,000	£1,800	View
168	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	£100 - £200	£260	View
169	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…	£5,000 - £10,000	£7,500	View
170	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…	£800 - £1,500	£1,300	View
171	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:…	£500 - £1,000	£1,100	View
172	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’.	£100 - £200	£220	View
173	A GEORGE III SHIELD-SHAPED TOILET MIRROR the serpentine base with three drawers, on bracket feet, 58cm high x 46cm wide x 22cm deep	£50 - £100	£220	View
174	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…	£50 - £100	£150	View
175	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 …	£200 - £400	£1,500	View
176	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)	£500 - £1,000	£1,200	View
177	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.…	£100 - £200	£120	View
178	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)	£50 - £100	£340	View
179	AN ITALIAN BAROQUE PROCESSIONAL CROSS with traces of gilding, with iron fixing to the base, 58cm high overall x 41cm wide	£100 - £200	£160	View
180	A PAIR OF GEORGE III SHEFFIELD PLATE CANDLESTICKS with campana-shaped nozzles, tapering stems and circular bases, 28.5cm high (2)	£50 - £100	£130	View
181	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…	£100 - £200	£320	View
182	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…	£2,000 - £4,000	£7,000	View
183	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…	£800 - £1,600	£1,500	View
184	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…	£300 - £600	£2,200	View
185	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)	£800 - £1,600	£3,400	View
186	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)	£400 - £600	£3,800	View
187	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…	£3,000 - £5,000	£6,500	View
188	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,…	£2,000 - £4,000	£1,700	View
189	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	£300 - £500	£320	View
190	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…	£400 - £600	£700	View
191	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…	£3,000 - £6,000	£3,200	View
192	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) …	£50 - £100	£200	View

Total lots: 492

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