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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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Lot 193 Sold
A GEORGE II VIRGINIA WALNUT CHEST OF DRAWERS
the crossbanded rectangular top with a moulded edge over four graduated drawers, apparently retaining the original brass penny-drop handles and lobed oval escutcheons, on bracket feet, 63cm wide x 37cm deep x 78cm high
Hammer price: £1,250
Estimate: £800 - £1,600
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 194 Sold
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY LOW BOY
the rectangular top with rounded corners and a moulded edge over two short and one long drawer retaining the original brass handles and escutcheon with pierced back plates, on cabriole legs ending in pointed pad feet, 76cm wide x 45cm deep x 72cm high
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 195 Sold
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY DRESSING MIRROR
with a shield-shaped plate between shaped uprights, on a bow-fronted box base fitted with three drawers, on ogee bracket feet, 48cm wide x 61.5cm high; and a George III mahogany bedside table with a cupboard and pierced hand apertures, on square legs, 35.5cm wide x 71cm high (2)
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 196 Sold
A LATE GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST OF DRAWERS
with three graduated drawers on splayed bracket feet, 81cm high x 76cm wide x 42cm deep
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 197 Sold
A MODERN DOUBLE BED
with a padded rectangular headboard and a Hypnos mattress, 137cm wide x 205cm long
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024

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