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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 21

Lots per page:

Total lots: 492

Lot 145 Sold
A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS
of Sheraton design, the square backs incorporating three vertical rails, 89cm high (8)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £300 - £600
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 146 Sold
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, on bracket feet, 92cm wide x 53.5cm deep x 107cm high

Provenance: Although not bearing a label, this bureau was almost certainly made for Ven House, Milborne Port, Somerset between 1725 and 1735.
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 147 Sold
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 waste paper bin formed from old leather book bindings, 23.5cm wide (3)
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 148 Sold
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 and expense.
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 149 Sold
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 37.5cm, in a carved giltwood frame
Hammer price: £3,500
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 150 Sold
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 “Country Life” February 14th 1980, page 419.
Hammer price: £5,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £10,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 151 Sold
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, apparently retaining the original carved giltwood frame
Hammer price: £2,400
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 152 Sold
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 friend of the sitter, who lived at Sandford Orcas Manor between 1920 and 1964.
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 153 Sold
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 Ven House labels to the reverse.
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 154 Sold
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 fronts with silver-coloured metal pull handles and escutcheons, 22cm wide x 37cm high (2)
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £300 - £600
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 155 Sold
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 centre of the lid and “W.R.” crowned on the lip, 33.5cm; a quart measure, 20.5cm high; a pint measure, stamped “W.R.”
crowned on the rim, 15.5cm high; and a half-pint measure, 13cm high (4)
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £300 - £600
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 156 Sold
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 collection of pewter including four tankards with cylindrical bodies, a measure with a baluster body, a baluster pepperette, 18th century, a small measure with a bifurcated thumbpiece and a simple “S”-scroll handle, and a tea canister decorated with chinoiserie inlaid with brass, 19cm high (9)
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 157 Sold
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 portcullises on the bases, with ownership monogram “EPM” on the bases, 45.5cm diameter; and two others (5)
Hammer price: £440
Estimate: £300 - £600
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 158 Sold
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
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 159 Sold
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 thumbpiece and a slightly domed top with ownership initials “FC” and the date "1796”, 20cm high; and a similar glass
tankard cut with the armorial of the Royal House of Bavaria highlighted in gilt, 20.5cm high (3)
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 160 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 161 Sold
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” touch marks, 33.5cm (4)
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 162 Sold
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 Medlycott armorial and an unidentified maker’s mark with a rose stamp on the base (15)
Hammer price: £560
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 163 Sold
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/silent indicator in the arched lunette above the silvered chapter ring, with rococo gilt metal spandrels cast and chased with leafy foliage and scrollwork, the back plate with engraved foliate decoration,
ebonised case with flambeau urn finials, moulded brass bracket feet and a swing carrying handle,…
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 164 Sold
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 including chrysanthemums and peonies, the central vase 36.5cm high (3)
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £300 - £600
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 165 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 166 Sold
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 handles and escutcheon plates, on bracket feet, 92cm wide x 104cm high

Provenance: Probably removed from Ven House, Milborne Port, circa 1929, and with a label inscribed “Ven. Drawing Room”.
Hammer price: £3,800
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 167 Sold
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 high

Provenance: Intriguingly, the key label is inscribed “Forbes Cabinet” which may indicate that it came from the second wife of Hubert Hutchings, from Invercauld, Scotland.
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
6 March 2024
6 March 2024
Lot 168 Sold
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
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 March 2024
6 March 2024

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