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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

Read more about Bridehead here

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 

bridehead@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 +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 185 Sold
A WILLIAM IV OAK GOTHIC REVIVAL CHAISE LONGUE
the distressed leather buttoned back and seat over a carved frieze decorated in relief with trailing foliage, on conforming moulded square legs, 94cm high x 220cm wide x 75cm deep

The Bridehead Suite.
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 186 Sold
A VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD GRAND PIANO
93cm high x 130cm wide x 206cm deep; together with accompanying stool stamped '4433' to the underside of the seat, 48cm high (2)

Ivory Submission Reference: 9L9CQMXR
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 187 Sold
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY SIDEBOARD
the rectangular top with moulded edges over a single frieze drawer, on twin pedestal supports with shaped cupboard doors opening to slides and drawers, 89cm high x 202cm high x 71cm deep
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £400
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 188 Unsold
A LARGE GILTWOOD OVERMANTEL MIRROR
the rectangular plate with rounded upper corners within a moulded surround, 253cm high x 164cm wide
Estimate: £300 - £500
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 188a Sold
A REGENCY ROSEWOOD SOFA TABLE
early 19th century, the satinwood crossbanded top over a frieze with a single drawer and single faux drawer to each side, on twin acanthus leaf carved supports with brass castors, 73cm high x 110cm wide (flaps down) x 68cm deep
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 189 Sold
A WILLIAM IV OAK GOTHIC REVIVAL BENCH
circa1830, the moulded top rail above conforming arms on turned supports, with distressed leather button back seats, terminating on square legs, 90cm high x 245cm wide x 55cm deep

The Bridehead Suite.
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 190 Sold
A REGENCY BRASS HANGING 'BILLIARDS' LANTERN
19th century, the long stem and horizontal bar issuing four shaded lights, with foliate cast mounts and two elegant opposing supporting bars, approximately 300cm drop x 200cm wide
Hammer price: £3,600
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 191 Sold
A VICTORIAN SILVER ROSE BOWL
by Elkington & Co., London 1894, with reeded rim and spiralled part gadrooned body, 15cm high x 22.5cm diameter, 20 tr. ozs, engraved to the underside 'R.R.W. from their children, 7th September 1869-1894'
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £200 - £400
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 192 Sold
AN EDWARD VII SILVER SALVER
by James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield 1905, with reeded and shaped pie-crust rim, on three splayed panel feet, 2.5cm high x 30cm diameter, 24 tr. ozs, with a worn presentation engraving to the centre
Hammer price: £440
Estimate: £200 - £400
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 193 Sold
THREE GEORGE V SILVER 'GOLDSMITHS COMPANY SILVER JUBILEE' CAPSTAN INKWELLS
by Garrard & Co., London 1935, with moulded cylindrical bodies, the lids cast with Goldsmiths crests and motto 'Justitia Virtutum Regina' and engraved to sides 'The Gift of the Goldsmiths Co. Silver Jubilee of King George V 1935', each 5cm high x 10cm diameter, each 22 tr. ozs, with integral glass liners (3)
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 194 Sold
A GEORGE V SILVER CIGAR BOX
by Harold Stabler, London 1934, 'The Gift of The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths', the lid with Goldsmiths crests, the sides decorated with pale blue plique-à-jour enamel, on bracket feet, with sycamore lined interior, 9cm high x 24cm wide x 15cm deep, 68 tr. ozs gross, engraved to the inside of lid 'To Sir Robert Williams Bt., 50 Years a Member of the Court of Assistance. This casket was presented by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths in appreciation of his long and eminent service 1884 - 1934'
Hammer price: £3,400
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 195 Sold
AN EDWARD VII SILVER THREE PIECE BACHELORS TEA SERVICE
by Thomas Bradbury & Sons, London 1905, comprising teapot, sugar basin and milk jug, the squat bulbous bodies with reeded banding and high arched handles, on four ball feet, 17 tr. ozs combined, each piece engraved 'M' to body (3)
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £150 - £250
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 196 Sold
A GEORGE III AND LATER SILVER WINE OR PUNCH LADLE
the oval bowl embossed with fruiting vines, hallmarked for London 1776, the associated cylindrical tapered handle hallmarked for 1890; together with an 18th century white metal wine funnel, the conical bowl with reeded rim and lappet collar, 13cm high x 8cm diameter (2)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £30 - £50
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 197 Sold
A VICTORIAN SILVER GILT FOUR PIECE TEA SERVICE
by Elkington & Co., Birmingham 1869, the ovoid bodies with bead rims, leaf capped reeded handles and leaf engraved shoulders, the lower section gadrooned, comprising teapot, hot water pot, two handled sucrier and milk jug, 75 tr. ozs combined; together with a matching four division egg cruet, by Elkington, London 1867, comprising four egg cups, a stand and four similar spoons, by Barnard, London 1869, 20 tr. ozs combined (13)
Hammer price: £1,810
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 198 Sold
A GEORGE III SILVER CIRCULAR SALVER
by William Peaston, London 1747, with scalloped pie-crust rim, on three pad feet, 3cm high x 23cm diameter, 14 tr. ozs, engraved to the underside 'The Gift of the Directors of Williams Deacon's Bank Ltd to their Colleague Sir Robert Williams Bart on his 90th Birthday, 15th June 1938'
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £150 - £250
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 199 Sold
A GEORGE III SILVER CIRCULAR SALVER
indistinctly marked I.T?, London 1773, with gadrooned piecrust rim, on three pad feet, 3cm high x 21cm diameter, 11 tr. ozs, with a worn heraldic device engraved to the centre
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 200 Sold
A GEORGE III SILVER SALVER
probably by Richard Rugg II, London 1779, with beaded piecrust rim and engraved interior with heraldic device, on cabriole legs with claw and ball feet, 3cm high x 19cm diameter, 9 tr. ozs
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £100 - £200
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 201 Sold
A GEORGE V SILVER SQUARE CARD TRAY
by S. Blanckensee & Son Ltd, Birmingham 1933, with reeded shaped rim, dished interior and four splayed panel feet, 2cm high x 17cm square, 8 tr. ozs
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 202 Sold
A PAIR OF EDWARD VII SILVER SPECIMEN VASES
by William Hutton & Son, Birmingham 1907, with flared rims, the cylindrical tapered bodies part gadrooned on circular bases, 18.5cm high (loaded); together with three other similar smaller pairs of specimen vases, (all loaded) (8)
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 203 Sold
A GEORGE V SILVER CIRCULAR CAPSTAN INKWELL
by William Hutton & Sons, Sheffield 1936, the wide spreading foot with simple rim, 7cm high x 15cm diameter, retaining the glass liner; together with a George V silver tankard by A. Brothers, Birmingham 1932, with plain baluster body, 10cm high, 6 tr. ozs., engraved 'P.F.C.W. for his Silver Wedding 1.X.33' (2)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 204 Sold
A VICTORIAN SILVER CASTOR
of Mannerist design, by Nathan & Hayes, Birmingham 1891, embossed throughout with scrolled leafage, on chased ground with spiralled knop, cylindrical body and wide foot, 15cm high x 8cm diameter, 5 tr. ozs
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £50 - £100
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 205 Sold
A VICTORIAN SILVER CHRISTENING TANKARD
by F. B. Thomas, London 1883, the bulbous body engraved ‘P.F.C Williams from his Godfather H.B Middleton, 11th August 1884’, 8cm high, 4 tr. ozs, with fitted Morocco leather case
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 206 Sold
A PAIR OF GEORGE V SILVER ‘GOLDSMITHS COMPANY 600TH ANNIVERSARY’ BOXES
by Garrard & Co, London 1926, the lids cast in relief with arms and motto ‘Justita Virtutum Regina’, the sides engraved ‘The Gift of the Goldsmiths Company AD 1327-1927', the inside of lids with presentation inscriptions to Sir Robert Williams Bart and Philip Francis Cunningham Williams respectively, each 3.5cm high x 9.5cm square, 16 tr ozs. combined (2)
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £200 - £400
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 206a Sold
A PAIR OF SILVER COMMEMORATIVE DISHES
London, Edward Barnard and Sons, each bearing a lions head to the centre, inscribed to the rim 'To Commemorate The Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizbeth', 12.5cm diameter (2)
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £50 - £100
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 207 Sold
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER OVAL BON BON DISHES
maker’s marks rubbed, London 1894, with pierced floral capped sides and face masks, each 7cm high x 17cm wide x 12cm deep; together with a Victorian silver sucrier and milk jug; a George V silver toast rack; a George V silver sugar bowl, 20 tr. ozs combined; and a George V silver mounted and blue guilloche enamel clothes brush, cased with comb (7)
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £200 - £400
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 208 Sold
A VICTORIAN SILVER-PLATED CAMEL CRUET
the standing figure supporting three lidded glass fitments, one further to base, 15cm high, with diamond registration mark to flank; together with a collection of silver-plated items including three piece tea service, cruets and egg cups (a lot)
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £100 - £200
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 209 Sold
AN EDWARD VII SILVER CHRISTENING TANKARD
by F. B. Thomas, London 1909, with tapered and girdled conical body, 10cm high, engraved ‘David Philip Williams from his Godfather’; together with two silver mustards; and two silver pepperettes, 12 tr. ozs combined gross (5)
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £100 - £200
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 210 Sold
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS
maker’s mark indistinct, London 1770, with leaf capped sconces and clustered columnar stems, on leaf capped square spreading bases, 32cm high x 13cm square, 40 tr. ozs combined (loaded), engraved crests to bases (2)
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £300 - £500
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 211 Sold
A VICTORIAN SILVER-PLATED SAUCE TUREEN AND COVER
the two handled bulbous body with leaf capped gadrooned rims and engraved ‘To Mr and Mrs PFC Williams from the people of Littlebredy 1908-1933’, 30cm high x 27cm diameter; together with a quantity of silver-plated items (a lot)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 212 Sold
TWO VICTORIAN SILVER SUGAR BOWLS
one by Thomas Bradbury & Sons, London 1874, of Indian design with panelled Hindu design, the other by Charles Edwards, London 1878 with embossed leaf scroll frieze, 6.5cm high x 11.5cm diameter and 6cm high x 11cm diameter respectively, 9 tr. ozs (2)
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £150 - £250
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 213 Sold
A GILDED METAL CHILD’S RATTLE
18th century, embossed with flowers and scrolls, with an integral whistle, hung with six bells and with coral teething bar, 15.5cm long; together with a 19th century gilt metal desk seal with goldstone handle, the matrix engraved ‘Bridehead’, 5cm long (2)
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £100 - £200
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 214 Sold
A VICTORIAN SILVER SNUFF BOX
by George Unite, Birmingham 1902, of shaped outline with engine turned body and gilded interior, 1.75cm high x 8cm wide x 5cm deep; together with an unusual Victorian silver pepperette, with embossed cornucopia body and duck beak tail, 7.5cm high; a silver-plated sherry label; and six small silver items, 4 tr. ozs combined (9)
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 214a Sold
A SILVER-PLATED CHARGER
with the Williams family crest to the centre, on a tripod base, 37cm diameter; together with a silver plated candle snuffer and tray, 25cm wide (3)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £40 - £80
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 215 Sold
A VICTORIAN SILVER RAT TAIL PATTERN TABLE SERVICE
by Josiah Williams and Co, London 1892, comprising eighteen three tined table forks, five three tined dessert forks, ten dessert spoons, eight teaspoons and fifteen coffee spoons; together with a similar serving spoon with overstamped maker’s mark, London 1886, 82 tr. ozs combined, all engraved (57)
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 216 Sold
EIGHTEEN GEORGE III SILVER OLD ENGLISH PATTERN TABLESPOONS
by William Seaman, London, 1815 (29th May-13th June); together with a quantity of George II and later silver Old English pattern spoons including a basting or gravy spoon by Thomas and James Dicks, London 1821 and a Victorian silver sifter spoon by Elizabeth Eaton with engraved terminal, 90 tr. ozs combined, all engraved (58)
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 217 Sold
A VICTORIAN SILVER ADMIRALTY PATTERN TABLE SERVICE
by George Adams, London, mostly 1853, but also 1857, 1873 and 1876, comprising thirteen table forks, one dessert fork, and nine tablespoons, with one dessert spoon by John Edward Bingham for Walker and Hall, London 1877, 70 tr. ozs (24)
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 218 Sold
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER SALAD SERVERS
by Martin, Hall & Co, Sheffield 1907, with scrolled terminals; together with eight George III silver Old English thread pattern dessert spoons, various dates and makers; and a quantity of George III and later silver teaspoons, 24 tr. ozs combined, contained in green baize bag (a lot)
Hammer price: £440
Estimate: £300 - £500
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 219 Sold
FOUR GEORGE III SILVER KINGS PATTERN DESSERT FORKS
by Moses Brent and Sydenham Peppin, London 1815 (1st September 1815-28th May 1816); together with nine table forks by the same maker, London 1816, 32 tr. ozs; and a quantity of silver-plated cutlery (a lot)
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £300 - £500
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 220 Sold
A GEORGE III AND LATER SILVER FIDDLE, THREAD AND SHELL PATTERN TABLE SERVICE
various makers and dates, including Eley, Fearn and Chawner, comprising three table forks, five dessert forks, one dessert spoon and fish knife and fork with engraved blades/tines, together with mixed other silver flatware, 56 tr. ozs combined (a lot)
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 221 Sold
A TESTER BED
with George III reeded, acanthus leaf and ribbon carved mahogany front supports, covered with floral drapery, 260cm high x 184cm wide x 218cm long
Hammer price: £12,000
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 222 Sold
A VICTORIAN WALNUT CHAISE LONGUE
the elaborately carved scroll back and arm over a cushioned seat with pale green floral damask covers, on short cabriole legs and castors, 88cm high x 182cm wide x 70cm deep
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £200 - £400
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 223 Sold
A NEAR PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY BEDSIDE COMMODES
the rectangular tray tops with shaped galleries and pierced handles over cupboards and a single drawer fitted with a chamber pot, on moulded square legs, 84cm high x 56cm wide x 48cm deep (2)
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £300 - £500
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 224 Unsold
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY DRESSING TABLE
the upper section with a shaped mirror flanked by a raised gallery of two drawers to one side and a small cupboard the other, the base with a central frieze drawer with foliate carved moulding and two banks of four graduated drawers, 178cm high x 153cm wide x 60cm deep
Estimate: £200 - £400
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 225 Sold
A PERSIAN CARPET
19th/20th century, the central field decorated with repeating stylised flora, 384cm x 288cm
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £200 - £400
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 226 Sold
I. W. B. GIBBS (19TH/20TH CENTURY) A group of three landscape studies
each with figures on a path, signed, watercolours, 36cm x 51cm (3)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £40 - £80
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 227 Sold
AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR
stamped '202' to a rear leg, with floral pattern velvet covers, the shaped back over scroll arms, on turned front legs terminating in castors, 76cm high x 66cm wide x 74cm deep
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £80 - £150
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 228 Sold
A GROUP OF VINTAGE TEDDY BEARS
the tallest measuring 70cm high, the smallest 38cm high (a lot)
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £50 - £100
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 229 Sold
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY TRIPOD TABLE
the rectangular tilt top on bobbin turned stem, cabriole legs and pad feet, 68cm high x 50cm wide x 36cm deep
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £40 - £80
12 June 2025
12 June 2025

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