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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 32 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY A pair of rural views
with a figure crossing a bridge and a windmill beyond, with a hay cart on a track in front of a country house, oval, overpainted engravings, 11cm x 14cm, in the original fruitwood and parcel-gilt moulded frames (2)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 33 Sold
CIRCLE OF WILLIAM WISSING A portrait of a lady
believed to be Mrs Ann Medlycott wearing a brown dress and a blue shawl, half-length in a feigned oval, oil on canvas, 75cm x 62cm

Provenance: Ven House, Milborne Port, and the frame inscribed “No. 1 Drawing Room Door” in a late 18th century hand, and “Drawing Room” in a late 19th century hand.
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 34 Sold
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE
Kangxi, decorated with a continuous mountainous landscape with a figure fishing in a lake and buildings within a palisade, the flared cylindrical neck with figures conversing on a rocky outcrop, the interior of the rim with sprays of foliage, the base with a double circle, 32cm high
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £300 - £500
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 35 Sold
A DUTCH DELFTWARE VASE AND COVER
with a lion finial, the moulded cartouche-shaped body decorated with flowers in a garden and the reverse with a single spray, 37cm high; a similar vase and cover, 36cm high; and two similar Dutch Delftware sleeve vases with flared necks, one decorated with a bird amidst foliage and the other with a coastal landscape, 23cm high and 22cm high (4)
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 36 Sold
A DUTCH DELFTWARE BLUE AND WHITE VASE
late 17th/early 18th century, modelled as a young girl wearing a floral dress carrying a basket on her head and holding a wreath in her left hand, on a shaped plinth painted with a garland of flowers suspended between moulded scrolls, the base painted with ⅔, 34cm high
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £300 - £500
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 37 Sold
A CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE BARBER'S BOWL
Qianlong, enamelled in polychrome with figures seated at a table in a garden, in the shade of a weeping tree, the border with scattered prunus blossom, chrysanthemums and peonies on a green ground, the back with four peony sprays in iron red, 31.5cm diameter
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 38 Sold
A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE/ROSE VASES AND COVERS
Qing, enamelled in polychrome with cartouches of figures, a deer and a goat, in flower-filled gardens and subsidiary cartouche-shaped panels containing flowers, on a rich blue ground overpainted in gilt with prunus blossom on a cracked-ice ground, the flattened dome lids with conforming decoration and Buddhistic lion finials, the bases unglazed, 60cm high (2)
Hammer price: £4,500
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 39 Sold
AN ORIENTAL BLUE AND WHITE CRACKLEWARE VASE
with moulded geometric borders painted to simulate bronze, the base pierced for use as a table lamp, 46.5cm high (including the circular base); and a brass table lamp with a faceted baluster shaft cut with ovals and a circular star-cut base, fitted for electricity, 66cm high including the shade (2)
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 40 Sold
A BRUSSELS TIN-GLAZED VASE
of faceted baluster form decorated in the Ming style with figures in a landscape within formalised borders, lacking the lid, and now converted to a table lamp, fitted for electricity and with a shade, the vase 31cm high, the lamp 70cm high overall including the shade
Hammer price: £4,000
Estimate: £300 - £500
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 41 Unsold
A CHINESE EXPORT GARNITURE
Qianlong, with three slender baluster vases and lids decorated with landscape panels, and a pair of sleeve-shaped vases with flared necks, the vases 30cm high overall, the ‘sleeve’ vases 26cm high (5)

Note: These vases are visible in the same position in the photograph of the Great Hall taken circa 1916.
Estimate: £300 - £500
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 42 Sold
A SET OF JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE GOURD-SHAPED BOTTLE VASES
Edo, decorated with foliage and trees, the onion-shaped necks with mons, each approx. 18cm high (6)

Note: These vases are visible in the same position in the photograph of the Great Hall taken circa 1916.
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £300 - £500
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 43 Sold
A PAIR OF CANTONESE FAMILLE ROSE VASES
Qing, enamelled in polychrome with birds and butterflies amidst blossoming foliage, 25cm high; and a garniture of four miniature famille rose vases, Qing, 9cm high (6)
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 44 Sold
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN
Qianlong, including four bullet-shaped teapots and covers enamelled in polychrome with elegant figures, fruit and flowers, and a scaly dragon, each with a straight spout and a simple loop handle, the largest 16cm high; two cream jugs; a teapoy and cover; and a collection of six floral decorated tea bowls and cups decorated with figures in garden landscapes (13 plus 5 lids)
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 45 Sold
A CHINESE FAMILLE JAUNE BUDDHA
Qing, with a smiling countenance and wearing a yellow robe decorated in polychrome with flowers and butterflies, the unglazed base with an impressed mark, 14cm high; and a pair of Japanese porcelain figures of seated female attendants wearing blue and pink headdresses, 20.5cm high (3)
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 47 Sold
A WELSH CARVED WALNUT LOVE TOKEN
inscribed and dated “Anno 1776” carved with six panels incorporating chipcarved circlets, one centred by a bird, another by a whale, the base with a heartshaped panel carved with a man and woman standing either side of a smaller heart, on an incised diaper ground, 86.5cm high x 12cm wide
Hammer price: £2,500
Estimate: £800 - £1,600
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 48 Sold
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CUTLERY URN
circa 1785, of Hepplewhite design, inlaid with chequered stringing and the rising lid with an acorn finial, the stepped interior with apertures for cutlery, on ogee bracket feet at the corners, 68.5cm high x 26cm diameter x 80cm high with lid raised

Ivory Submission Reference: VTZT7LFH

Provenance: According to family records this was formerly in the Hall at Ven House and moved to Sandford Orcas Manor circa 1929.
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £400 - £600
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 49 Sold
AN IRON-BOUND STRONG BOX
early 17th century, with ornate false lock plate incorporating a hidden key hole under a bar on the lid (opened by a catch), retaining the original painted decoration of swans and flowers on a green ground, 39.5cm x 26.5cm x 29.5cm
Note: During the Victorian period, these strong boxes were often referred to as “Armada chests” in…
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 50 Sold
A VICTORIAN COPPER JAM PAN
with simple loop handles, 43cm wide (maximum); and an early Victorian copper beer jug with a simple loop handle, the body engraved “WCM”, 23.5cm high; and four other copper flagons or measures, two engraved “WCM”, the largest 22cm high (6)
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 51 Sold
A SILVER-PLATED CORINTHIAN COLUMN TABLE LAMP
the square base stamped “GS”, fitted for electricity and with a cream-coloured shade, 83cm high
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 52 Sold
AN EDWARDIAN INLAID MAHOGANY MANTEL CLOCK
with a chiming movement and a silvered dial with Roman numerals in black, the domed case with compressed gilt metal bun feet, 35cm high x 17cm deep
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 53 Unsold
A GEORGE III GRANT OF ARMS FOR THE CREATION OF THE MEDLYCOTT BARONETCY
dated 1808, with the Great Seal of George III and various correspondence and receipts from the College of Arms, in a gilt-tooled brown leather case, 89cm wide (maximum); and two smaller gilt tooled leather boxes containing Grants of Arms for Medlycott and Tugwell dated 1809, each 54cm wide (3)
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 54 Sold
A PAIR OF LEATHER BOUND BINS
the spines with gilt tooled lettering ‘Thurloe State Papers’, each 37cm high; together with another bin, 29cm high (3)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £30 - £50
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 55 Sold
A PAIR OF REGENCY "JAPANNED" BELLOWS
with chinoiserie decoration in polychrome and gilt of a lakeside pavilion, with a turned brass nozzle, 96cm long x 29cm wide
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 56 Sold
A NEAR PAIR OF WROUGHT IRON FIRE SCREENS
both measuring 81cm high, one 97cm wide, the other 102cm wide; together with a pair of branding irons, with Medlycott ‘M’, 44cm and 41cm long; and a collection of fire irons (a lot)
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024

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