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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

Page:

of 21

Lots per page:

Total lots: 492

Lot 241 Sold
A CANTON CELADON PLATE
Qing, decorated in famille rose enamels with figures within a border of fruit, flowers, insects and precious objects, 29.5cm diameter; and eight other similar plates of various sizes (9)
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 242 Sold
A PAIR OF CHINESE IMARI DISHES AND COVERS
Qianlong, decorated with insect and floral sprays, one lid cracked, 9cm high x 17cm wide (2)
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 243 Sold
TWO SIMILAR SQUARE CREAMWARE DISHES
with dished centres, decorated in brown on a cream ground with the armorials of Carter impaling Luttwidge (the aunt and uncle of Lewis Carroll), 20cm wide; a Wedgwood creamware plate with a vine border, 25.5cm diameter; and a part Victorian pottery dolls tea service transfer printed in green (a collection)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 244 Sold
AN ENGLISH PORCELAIN PART TEA SERVICE
circa 1820, with chinoiserie decoration in polychrome and gilt with figures in landscapes, comprising a pair of dishes, a sugar bowl and cover, a cream jug, 12 cups and saucers and 4 small plates, the pair of sandwich plates 21.5cm diameter (a collection)
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 245 Sold
A CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE PART TEA SERVICE
Qianlong, highlighted with gilding, comprising 2 plates, 12 cups, 12 saucers, 12 tea bowls, a milk jug, a slops bowl and a sugar bowl and cover, the largest plate 20.5cm diameter (a collection)
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 246 Sold
A PAIR OF DERBY PORCELAIN SHEEP
18th century, each standing against a tree on a scrolled base, 9.5cm high; together with a Dresden porcelain parrot, 23cm high (3)
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 247 Sold
A "JACOBITE" WINE GLASS
18th century, with a bell-shaped bowl engraved with a swan and a rose and the lower part of the bowl with a band of tear-drops in the glass, on an opaque-twist stem and a domed circular foot, 18cm high; another Jacobite wine glass; and four other pieces of glass (6)
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 248 Sold
A FINE GERMAN WILLKOMM HUMPEN
enamelled in polychrome with eight men with linked arms, their names in scrolls, flanking an armorial motto “Vivant alle weiss brecken in Lobenstein” and dated “Anno 1709”, 18cm high x 12.5cm diameter

The motto can be translated: “Long life to all white bakers in Lobenstein”, which is a small town in Thuringiawald, Germany.

Provenance: According to family records this rare toasting glass was discovered in the flower vase cupboard at Bethany, Sherborne, the home of great aunt Mrs M.P. Palmer.
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 249 Sold
A VENETIAN LATTICINO GLASS
with opaque white glass threads in a retorti pattern, 13.75cm high; a similar gourd-shaped flask with a flared neck incorporating threads of pink glass, 14cm high; a bowl 9cm diameter; and a dish 13cm diameter (4)
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 250 Sold
A GIFT FROM DAVID GARRICK: A GEORGE III WHITE METAL MOUNTED ORNAMENT
made from a section of branch surmounted by a gentleman aiming his musket, the silver mounts around the top and the base inscribed “From Shakespear’s Mulberry Tree given by Mr Garrick, 1778 to Thomas Hutchings Medlycott”, 14.5cm high

Provenance: A gift to Thomas Hutchings Medlycott in 1778 and thence by descent.
Although there are numerous souvenirs purporting to have been made from the tree felled in the…
Hammer price: £4,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 251 Sold
THE MEDALS OF REAR ADMIRAL SIR MERVYN BRADFORD MEDLYCOTT, Bt.
in a leather case, comprising:
the Crimean medal with a clasp for Sebastapol,
the Turkish medal, 1855,
the Baltic medal for 1854-1855,
together with spare ribbons and a photograph of the recipient in uniform
wearing the medals;
and a watercolour of HMA Bellerophon by Sir Mervyn B. Medlycott (1851), the ship in which he served during the Crimean war, 10.5cm x 6.5cm, in a simple moulded gilt frame (5 and photograph)
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 252 Sold
A CRIMEAN LOG BOOK: "A Log of Proceedings On Board HMS Bellerophon"
The Rt. Hon. Lord George Paulet, Captain, kept by MB Medlycott, naval cadet, beginning October 1st 1851 and ending April 15th 1855, including numerous original maps, topographical drawings and log entries, the contemporary full calf binding with gilt-tooled spine
Hammer price: £2,400
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 253 Sold
A BIRMINGHAM ENAMEL SCENT FLASK
18th century, of elongated pear-shape decorated in polychrome with cartouches of classical landscapes within blue and gilt borders, the gilt metal chained lid with a bird finial, 8cm high; and a porcelain scent bottle decorated in polychrome with birds and flowers lacking the lid, 19th century, 6.5cm high (2)
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 254 Sold
A NAPOLEONIC PRISONER OF WAR BONE GROUP OF A SPINNING JENNY
and attendant figures, with some polychrome decoration, under a glass dome and with a turned wooden base, 21cm high overall
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £300 - £500
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 255 Sold
A REGENCY PEN-WORK WORKBOX
of sarcophagus form decorated with elegant figures in landscapes, flowers and leaves, with a fitted interior, the original key with a label inscribed “To EB Medlycott from Mrs Dymoke - Grandmas workbox decorated by herself ”, 27cm wide x 22cm deep
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 256 Sold
A CHARLES I TORTOISESHELL AND SILVER-MOUNTED JEWEL CASKET
of rectangular form with a slightly domed lid, with an oval silver panel engraved with the coat of arms of Jennyngs of Calbye, Suffolk (according to a piece of paper within the casket) with petal-shaped borders throughout and a cable edging, the oval lock plate at the front also with a petal border, on four silver ball feet, 22cm wide x 13cm high
Note: The interior with an old paper label stating that the College of Arms has identified the arms…
Hammer price: £4,000
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 257 Sold
A DUTCH BRASS TOBACCO BOX
17th/early 18th century, with engraved decoration, 17.5cm long; a tortoiseshell magnifying glass, 18th century, 8cm; a collapsible silver-plated beaker in a red morocco case, 19th century, 7.5cm diameter; a George III pocket compass in a mahogany case, 5.5cm wide; and three other boxes (7)
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 258 Sold
A QUEEN ANNE TORTOISESHELL AND SILVER-MOUNTED TOBACCO BOX
of oval form, the lid inset with an oval silver panel engraved with the armorial of Sheldon Mervyn (1666 1734) of Handley, Dorset, 10.5cm wide; a horn toddy ladle, 18th century, 22cm; and a Victorian black slate stand inset with colourful marble pebbles, 16cm wide (3)
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 259 Sold
A REGENCY BURR WOOD JEWELLERY CASKET
19th century, with silk lined interior, 17.5cm wide; together with a George III tea caddy, 12cm high; a set of postage scales; and further boxes (a collection)
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 260 Sold
A BRONZE DESK TIDY
bearing the Medlycott crest to both sides flanked by centaurs with figures riding them, 8.5cm high x 20.5cm wide; together with a lead plaque inscribed to ‘Mr James Medlycott’, 17cm high; and a similar name plaque, 12.5cm wide (3)
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 261 Sold
A RED MOROCCO WALLET
circa 1750, with a finely cast and chased gilt metal hasp lock of rococo design, the green morocco interior with another compartment with marbled lining paper, 18.5cm x 12.5cm; and another red morocco and gilt tooled wallet inscribed in gilt on the interior “Charles Hutchings 1760”, 16.5cm x 11.5cm (2)
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 262 Sold
A PAIR OF TUDOR CHILDREN'S LEATHER SHOES
18cm long; together with a bone comb; a wooden spindle of string and the much decayed remnants of five documents (one a lease of a tenement in Sherborne by the Knoyle family dated 21st Henry VIII, ie.1531) (a collection)

Provenance: These items were all found behind a lathe and plaster wall between the Gatehouse Anteroom and the upper part of the Red Room when the area was treated for dry rot in 1978. The conclusion is that they were hidden, on purpose, for "good luck" when the house was built circa 1550.
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 263 Sold
A COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA
including the Great Seal of Henry VIII, 12.5cm diameter; a christening pillow inscribed “Thos. Mervin Medlycott born October 17th 1796”, 20cm wide; an embossed polychrome paper box of octagonal form, 7.5cm wide; a Regency tortoiseshell necessaire with some fittings, 7.5cm wide; and a Sherborne &
Dorsetshire Bank £5 bank note dated 1840 (a collection)
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 264 Sold
A COPTIC MANUSCRIPT PRAYER SCROLL
in red and black script on sheep skin written in Ge’ez, the ancient liturgical language of Ethiopia, the heading painted with two warriors either side a processional cross, 12.5cm wide

Provenance: With the scroll is an old label signed by Professor Wright, of the British Museum. They refer to the scroll as a ‘Volume of Faith’.
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £80 - £150
6 March 2024
6 March 2024

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