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Bridehead: Auction of the Contents

Sale Days:
Thursday 12 June 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST Starts with Lot 1
Friday 13 June 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST Starts with Lot 500

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Auction

Thursday 12th & Friday 13th June at 10.30am

at Duke's Fine Art Saleroom, DT1 1GA

Day one: The Principal Contents

Day two: The Library


Viewing

at Bridehead Manor, Littlebredy, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 9JA

Entry will be by catalogue only.  £30 admits two people.

Saturday 7th June 11am - 4pm 

Sunday 8th June 11am - 4pm

Monday 9th June 11am - 4pm

Tuesday 10th June 11am - 4pm

Wednesday 11th June 11am - 4pm

There will be no viewing on either sale day.

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 

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£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 +44 (0)1305 265080 or email enquiries@dukes-auctions.com.


Collection

On proof of payment, purchased lots will be available for collection from Bridehead from Friday 13th June to Thursday 19th June from 10am - 4pm, excluding the weekend 14th - 15th June. Whilst we are happy to provide assistance please bring the requisite people required to collect your purchases. All items not collected from Bridehead by 4pm Thursday 19th June will be moved to Sackville-West (Andover) at the buyer's risk and expense of £20 (plus VAT) per lot.

Please note: Collections unavailable on the 12th June.

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 23rd June. All items will incur a minimum transfer to storage charge of £20 (plus VAT) per lot, and a further storage charge of £3 (plus VAT) per lot per day from this point. 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 Bridehead. 

Sackville-West -www.sackvillewest.co.uk - 02080 909988

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 753

Lot 47 Sold
A LIGHT OAK OPEN BOOKCASE
20th century, the moulded cornice over six adjustable shelves, on a pedestal base, 228cm high x 134cm wide x 29cm deep
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £80 - £150
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 48 Sold
A GILT METAL AND CUT GLASS BASKET CHANDELIER
20th century, approximately 50cm drop
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 49 Sold
A NEAR PAIR OF CONTINENTAL FAIENCE POT POURRI VASES
of baluster form with pierced covers and collars, one marked 'JOB' to the base and encrusted with pears, the other with an indistinct mark and decorated with blue and yellow flowers and foliage, 26cm high (2)
Hammer price: £210
Estimate: £50 - £100
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 50 Sold
AFTER CASPAR NETSCHER (1635-1684) 'A Young Woman scouring a Copper Pot'
situated beneath an arch, the frame inscribed 'Van Tol', oil on panel, 31cm x 25cm
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 51 Sold
GEORGE MORLAND (1762-1804) Figures on a country lane
with castle ruins to the distance, inscribed frame, oil on canvas, 38cm x 48cm
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 52 Sold
GEORGE RICHMOND (1809–1896) Robert Williams (1811-1890) and his first wife, Mary Ann Cunningham
1835, both depicted half-length, he wearing a blue coat, she wearing a bonnet, both signed and dated lower left, watercolour over pencil, heightened with white, each 29cm x 22cm (2)
Hammer price: £440
Estimate: £300 - £500
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 52a Sold
THOMAS HARDY (1840-1928) A SIGNED LETTER
dated December 3rd 1910, on paper stencilled 'Max Gate, Dorchester', addressed to 'Miss Apperly', in which Hardy thanks her for cinnamon essence given against influenza, together with envelope, 9cm x 11cm
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 53 Sold
A REGENCY MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK BY BARRAUD OF CORNHILL, LONDON
the two train fusee movement engraved with the makers name to the back plate, the painted dial with Roman numerals, the ebonised and gilt metal mounted case with swing handles to each side and on bun feet, 40cm high x 28cm wide x 16cm deep
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 54 Sold
A PAIR OF CONTINENTAL BRONZE FIGURES
19th century, modelled as putti playing instruments, on naturalistic plinth bases, 25cm high (2)
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 54a Sold
AFTER KUSAKABE KIMBEI (JAPANESE 1841-1934) A BLACK LACQUER PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
containing images of Japanese people and landscapes, each approximately 9cm x 13.5cm; together with a Japanese lacquered wood footed bowl, 10.5cm high; a lacquer box, opening to an interior fitted with further small boxes, 28.5cm wide; and a similar notebook (4)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £80 - £150
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 54b Sold
A SOUTH EAST ASIAN KRIS DAGGER
probably Malaysian late 19th/early 20th century, with carved wood handle and scabbard and wavy blade, 43cm long; together with a Nepalese kukri, with engraved blade and worked metal mounted scabbard, 42cm long; another similar blade, early 20th century, 31cm long; a bayonet, 62cm long; and a dress belt, with a buckle inscribed 'Domine Dirige Nos' (5)
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £50 - £100
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 55 Sold
A SET OF FIVE GEORGE III MAHOGANY HALL CHAIRS
each of the shaped backs painted in polychrome with an armorial crest, a hand holding a branch of laurel, on tapered front legs and outswept rear legs, 93cm high x 43.5cm wide x 47cm deep (5)
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 56 Sold
A WILLIAM IV GOTHIC REVIVAL OAK CENTRE TABLE
circa 1830, the octagonal top inset with septarian nodule marble over a pierced tracery carved frieze, on an octagonal moulded columnar stem with Gothic vaulted brackets and a conforming stepped base, 85cm high x 67cm wide

The Bridehead Suite.
Hammer price: £6,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 57 Sold
AN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY AND POLYCHROME PAINTED OCCASIONAL TABLE
the shaped top decorated with a central vignette of cupid and a classical maiden, the borders painted with trailing flowers and ribbon, on slender tapered legs joined by stretchers, 71cm high x 73.5cm wide x 43cm deep
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £80 - £150
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 58 Sold
A WILLIAM IV OAK BREAKFRONT LIBRARY BOOKCASE
the upper section with a moulded pediment over a frieze affixed with carved paterae and open shelves beneath, the base with a central bank of ten short drawers retained by two locking hinged pilasters, with a pair of panelled cupboards to each side, on a plinth base, 271cm high x 264cm wide x 65cm deep
Hammer price: £6,500
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 59 Sold
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK
inscribed 'Jon Parkes, London', the eight day two train movement striking on a bell, the silvered dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, 230cm high x 53cm wide x 25cm deep
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £800
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 60 Sold
A PAIR OF MAHOGANY TORCHÈRES
the circular tops above reeded and turned columnar stems, on tripod bases with cabriole legs and pad feet, 150cm high (2)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £200 - £400
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 60a Sold
A SYCAMORE BREAKFAST TABLE
19th century, the rectangular tilt-top on a baluster turned stem and a tripod base with cabriole legs and spade feet, 71cm high x 96cm wide x 79cm deep
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £400
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 61 Sold
A WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD SOFA TABLE
the rectangular top over two frieze drawers to one side and two faux drawers to the other, on twin supports joined by a turned stretcher and terminating in bun feet inset with castors, 72.5cm high x 130cm wide x 56cm deep
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 62 Sold
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY ESTATE CUPBOARD
the upper section with a moulded cornice over panelled cupboard doors opening to fitted slides, the base with two short and one long drawer, on turned feet, 194cm high x 107cm wide x 62cm deep
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £80 - £150
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 63 Sold
AN ASSOCIATED SET OF EIGHT HANGING PENDANT LANTERNS
of various drop lengths, the cut-glass shades approximately 15cm high (8)
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £200 - £400
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 64 Sold
AN EXTENSIVE CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN ARMORIAL DINNER SERVICE
Qing dynasty, bearing the Williams family crest within a blue floral border highlighted in gilt, including four tureens, two large, 33cm wide, and two small, a collection of various serving platters, the largest 42cm wide, and a large collection of plates and bowls (a lot)
Note: In the Inventory of The Mansion, Bridehead by Messrs Phillips Son & Neale, this lot is…
Hammer price: £18,000
Estimate: £10,000 - £20,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 65 Sold
MANNER OF AELBERT JACOBSZOON CUYP (1620-1691) Cattle in a landscape
with a ruined tower and village beyond, oil on panel, 45cm x 54cm
Hammer price: £2,400
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 66 Unsold
QUIRINGH GERRITSZ VAN BREKELENKAM (1622-1668) An old man filleting a fish in an interior
a woman leaving through a door, oil on panel, 33cm x 43cm

Literature: Another composition featuring the same figure scaling fish, in a different interior, is illustrated in Angelika Lasius's Catalogue Raisonne, Quiring van Brekelenkam, 1992, plate 13.
Estimate: £4,000 - £8,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 67 Unsold
ATTRIBUTED TO LE MAITRE AUX BEGUINS (FRENCH OR FLEMISH act.1650-60) Young boy seated before the fire, a servant lady and a dog by a doorway
oil on panel, 49cm x 63.5cm
Note: The painting appears to be of the same hand as that catalogued as by ‘Le Maitre aux Beguins’…
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 68 Sold
A FRENCH ONYX AND SPELTER FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK
20th century, the case mounted with a flute player after Ernest Justine Ferrand's 'Improvisateur', the two train movement striking on a bell, 47cm high x 28cm wide x 15cm deep
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £50 - £100
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 69 Sold
A MAHOGANY AND CROSSBANDED BREAKFAST TABLE
19th century, the circular tilt top on a turned stem and quadruped base terminating in brass lions paw feet and castors, 72.5cm high x 113cm diameter
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £80 - £150
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 70 Sold
A CHINESE EXPORT BLACK LACQUER CABINET ON STAND
18th century and later, decorated in gilt throughout with pagodas in mountainous landscapes, the upper section with later glazed doors opening to an interior fitted with small drawers, shelves and compartments, the base with a pierced and carved frieze, on tapered legs joined by a single shelf and terminating in ball and claw feet, 187cm high x 108cm wide x 56cm deep
Hammer price: £13,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 71 Sold
A LOUIS XV STYLE MARQUETRY AND GILT METAL MOUNTED CARD TABLE
19th century, the rotating top inlaid with a central floral medallion and borders of birds in flight, opening to reveal a red baize-lined interior, on slender cabriole legs mounted with masks and terminating in sabots, 75cm high x 89cm wide x 46cm deep
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £200 - £400
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 72 Sold
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY OCCASIONAL TABLES
the oval tops over a plain frieze on square tapered legs terminating in brass toes and castors, 75cm high x 62.5cm wide x 47cm deep (2)
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £200 - £400
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 73 Sold
A NEST OF THREE WALNUT OCCASIONAL TABLES
with shaped tops on slender ring turned legs and trestle bases, the tallest 57cm high x 58cm wide x 40cm deep
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £40 - £80
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 74 Sold
AN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY OCCASIONAL TABLE
the circular top over a pierced gallery frieze, on cluster column legs joined by stretchers, 55cm high x 76cm diameter
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £50 - £100
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 75 Sold
A LARGE PERSIAN MASHAD CARPET
the deep purple ground decorated with a central floral medallion, stylised flora and leafy tendrils, within conforming spandrels, borders and guards, 402cm x 627cm
Hammer price: £8,500
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 76 Sold
A WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD LIBRARY TABLE
circa 1830, the rectangular top with a gadrooned edge over three frieze drawers with conforming moulding, on two open pedestals each with four lobed and tapered legs terminating in gadrooned bun feet, 77cm high x 137cm wide x 61cm deep
Hammer price: £6,500
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 77 Sold
A VICTORIAN EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT OVERMANTEL MIRROR
the large shaped plate within a moulded surround, the cresting centred by an urn finial and flanked by two shell motifs, 168cm high x 140cm wide
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 78 Unsold
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE
the upper section with a tall broken swan-neck pediment over a dentil moulded frieze and astragal glazed doors opening to shelves, the base with two short drawers and two faux short drawers that fall forward to reveal a fitted interior with writing surface and pigeonholes, three long drawers beneath, on shaped bracket feet, 266cm high x 122cm wide x 56cm deep
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 79 Sold
A SET OF FOUR HANGING LANTERNS
with domed glass bowls suspended from five chains, approximately 60cm drop (4)
Hammer price: £3,400
Estimate: £300 - £500
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 79a Sold
A PATINATED COPPER AND WROUGHT IRON STANDARD LAMP
with three light bulb fittings over an adjustable copper column, terminating on three scrolled feet, 170cm tall x 60cm diameter; together with a similar turned wooden example, 180cm tall (2)
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £80 - £150
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 80 Sold
A SET OF FOUR MEISSEN PORCELAIN ALLEGORICAL VASES
bearing blue crossed swords marks to the base, of baluster form modelled with cherubs and encrusted with fruit and flowers, decorated with landscape vignettes, highlighted with gilding, 31cm high (4)
Hammer price: £3,800
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 81 Sold
A PAIR OF MEISSEN STYLE PORCELAIN POT POURRI VASES AND COVERS
bearing blue crossed swords marks to the base, decorated with chinoiserie vignettes, the pierced domed covers with floral bocage finials, 35cm high (2)
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 82 Sold
A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN CAMPANA VASES
bearing blue crossed swords marks to the base, modelled with cherubs and autumnal fruit, the cream ground decorated with exotic birds and vignettes in the manner of Watteau with lovers in a landscape, highlighted with gilding, 36cm high (2)
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 83 Sold
A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN GROUPS OF LOVERS UNDER APPLE TREES
bearing blue crossed swords marks to the base, one group modelled with a child picking apples, the other of a lady holding a lute with a male attendant, painted in polychrome and highlighted with gilding, 26cm high (2)
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 84 Sold
A PAIR OF CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN TWO BRANCH CANDELABRA
bearing a gold anchor mark to the reverse, modelled as seraphim with floral garlands, on pierced rococo bases, decorated in polychrome and highlighted in gilt, 26cm high x 25cm wide (2)
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 85 Sold
A NEOCLASSICAL PARIS PORCELAIN FRUIT COMPOTE
19th century, the gilt pierced oval bowl on four female caryatid supports and a gilt anthemion oval base, 37cm high x 41cm wide
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 86 Sold
A PAIR OF DARTE FRÈRES PARIS PORCELAIN BASKETS
marked to the underside, the pierced oval bowls highlighted in gilt on conforming oval pedestal bases, 20cm high x 40cm wide (2)
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 87 Sold
A DRESDEN PORCELAIN CENTREPIECE
the floral painted platform on scroll supports and surmounted by a pierced and foliate encrusted pediment, 32cm high x 28cm wide
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £300 - £500
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 88 Unsold
A PAIR OF CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN CABINET FIGURES
bearing impressed numeral marks to the bases, modelled as a serving girl and an aged gentleman, decorated in blue and white and highlighted with gilding, 23cm high (2)
Estimate: £100 - £200
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 89 Sold
A PAIR OF CONTINENTAL WHITE-GLAZED SPILL VASES
modelled with a lily flower, two birds and a nest, highlighted with gilding, 19cm high (2)
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £200
12 June 2025
12 June 2025

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