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Sandford Orcas Manor: Auction of the Contents

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

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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of 19

Lots per page:

Total lots: 448

Lot 302 Sold
A COLLECTION OF LINENS
including covers, sheets and curtains (a collection, the contents of linen press)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 303 Sold
A RAISED WORK BEDSPREAD
with three panels of stylised flowers and branches, worked in yellow and blue thread, on a linen ground, 18th/19th century, approx. 255cm x 280cm
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 304 Sold
A CREWELWORK HANGING
worked with scrolling leafy tendrils in a bold design, in strong colours, approx. 180cm x 100cm; and two smaller panels, 17th/early 18th century, approx. 124cm x 31cm and 170cm x 252cm (3)
Hammer price: £4,200
Estimate: £300 - £500
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 305 Sold
A NEAR PAIR OF CREWELWORK PANELS
worked with flowering tree, leafy tendrils, and flowers sprouting from a hillock with a recumbent stag and a leopard, approx. 190 x 205cm and 220cm x 78cm; together with two valance en-suite, approx. 40cm x 190cm; and another crewelwork panel, 204 x 186cm (5)
Hammer price: £1,900
Estimate: £300 - £600
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 306 Sold
A GEORGE III BAPTISMAL BASKET
the ivory silk ground woven with floral sprigs, 17cm a silk pouch with lace trim and silk tassles and a child’s silk waistcoat dated “1830” (3)
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £80 - £150
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 307 Sold
A VICTORIAN PAISLEY SHAWL
and a linen coverlet embroidered with sprays of colourful flowers on a linen ground, 122cm x 123cm (2)
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 309 Sold
A WILLIAM AND MARY NEEDLEWORK BEDSPREAD
decorated with flowers and leafy tendrils, on a brown wool ground and incorporating a circular heraldic panel with the initials “ARK” and the date “1691”, now with a hessian backing, 226cm x 177cm

Provenance: Almost certainly by descent in the Knoyle family who lived at Sandford Orcas prior to the Medlycott family.
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £1,500 - £3,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 310 Sold
A GEORGE I WALNUT TEA TABLE
the folding rectangular top with projecting ears for candles and with stained decoration to simulate burr-wood within a crossbanded border edged with herringbone banding, on cabriole legs carved with stylised scallop shells at the knee and ending in pointed pad feet, 80.5cm wide x 39cm deep

Provenance: There is an old label for “Sandford Orcas Manor House”. This table appears in a photograph of the Great Hall dating from circa 1916.
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 311 Sold
A GEORGE I WALNUT LOW BOY
with a quarter veneered burr-walnut top enclosed by a crossbanded border with an inner edge of herringbone banding, the moulded edge with re-entrant corners, with three drawers apparently retaining the original engraved brass handles, on cabriole legs ending in pad feet, 77cm wide x 50cm deep

Provenance: Ven House, Milborne Port. The interior of the drawer with a label inscribed “Little Ven Drawing Room 1929”.
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 312 Sold
A GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY OPEN BOOKCASE
with three shelves, the frieze inlaid with bellflowers suspended from ribbon-tied bows, 84.5cm wide x 32cm deep x 93.5cm high
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 313 Sold
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY DESK
converted from a square piano, the writing surface flanked by two drawers, on square tapering legs ending in brass toe caps and castors, 162cm wide x 60cm deep
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 314 Sold
A VICTORIAN GAMES BOX
painted with flowers by a member of the Hutchings family , the interior with four boxes containing mother of pearl counters, some fashioned as fish, 31cm wide (a collection)
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 315 Sold
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY STOOL
with a padded rectangular seat, on four cabriole legs ending in pad feet, 56cm x 43cm
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £300 - £600
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 316 Sold
A VICTORIAN BURR WALNUT CANTERBURY
with turned uprights and a single drawer, on turned and carved legs ending in ceramic castors, 55cm wide x 39cm deep
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 317 Sold
A GEORGE I BURR WALNUT CARD TABLE
the folding rectangular top with projecting ears and crossbanding edged with herringbone banding, opening on a concertina action to reveal a baize-lined interior with a candle-stand in each corner, on cabriole legs ending in claw and ball feet, 86.5cm wide x 42cm deep

Provenance: Almost certainly supplied to James Medlycott for Ven House, Milborne Port.
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 318 Sold
A VICTORIAN CHAISE LONGUE
with buttoned green upholstery, on four turned walnut legs ending in castors, 186cm long x 74cm deep
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 319 Unsold
A WINGBACK ARMCHAIR BY BALMAIN & BALMAIN OF SHERBORNE
with loose floral covers and turned wood feet, 91cm high x 85cm wide x 95cm deep
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 323 Sold
CIRCLE OF JOHN RAPHAEL SMITH (1751-1812) A portrait of a gentleman identified as Samuel Jeffery
the grand uncle of Sarah, Lady Medlycott, wearing a powdered wig and a blue coat with silver buttons, pastel, 34.5cm x 28cm

Provenance: According to family records, the Ven inventory of circa 1850 states that this was in the Small Drawing Room with the identity of the sitter confirmed.
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £300 - £500
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 324 Sold
BRAM WHITE A portrait of John Hutchings (1772-1846)
seated in an armchair, signed and dated 1839, pencil on paper, and the reverse extensively inscribed “By Hubert Medlycott” on a contemporary pressed card mount, 37cm x 32cm (the mount);
and a collection of eight family silhouette portraits and a portrait miniature of a young girl with a cat (10)
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 325 Sold
PROVINCIAL SCHOOL, circa 1849 Dorset Yeomanry on Greenhill, Sherborne
inscribed on a label with the subject and “drawn by .... A Eliot”, watercolour heightened with white, 42cm x 65cm
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £300 - £600
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 326 Sold
GEORGE ROTH A portrait of William Coles, Esq. of Salisbury
inscribed on the back with the identity of the sitter and the name of the artist “G. Roth pinxit 1772”, oval,
oil on canvas laid on board, 12.5” x 10.5”; and the companion portraits of Miss Medlycott and William Coles Medlycott, 8cm x 5.75cm (3)

Provenance: Ven House, Milborne Port, and all with labels.
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £150 - £300
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 327 Sold
GEORGE ROTH A portrait of Mrs Coles of Salisbury
the eldest granddaughter of Peter Walter of Stalbridge, wearing a blue lace-trimmed dress and bonnet and holding a dog on her lap, inscribed in the reverse by her grandson, Sir William Coles Medlycott, 6th October 1824, oil on canvas, 22.5cm x 27.5cm; and a portrait of the Reverend George Hutchings, Rector of Sandford Orcas, 33cm x 28cm (2)

Provenance: Both paintings with old Ven House labels. One for the Dining Room and one blank.
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £300 - £500
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 328 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19th century An alpine landscape with a figure and a bridge
inscribed on a label on the reverse “May Medlycott she knows this mountain”, oil on board, 20cm x 16cm
Hammer price: £85
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 329 Sold
DUTCH SCHOOL A still life of fruit in a basket
oval, oils on metal, 12.5cm x 15.5cm, in an ebonised and gilt frame with gadrooned borders, and the companion painting (2)
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £300 - £600
6 March 2024
6 March 2024

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