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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: 715

Lot 170 Unsold
MANNER OF CARLO MARRATTA (1625-1713) The Virgin holding the Christ Child in the manger
oil on canvas, 58.5cm x 45.75cm (oval)
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 171 Sold
MANNER OF GIACOMO ANTONIO MELCHIORRE CERUTI, KNOWN AS 'IL PITOCCHETTO' (1698-1767) A boy holding up a cloth sheet of music
oil on canvas, 66cm x 60cm
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 172 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS BEACH (1738-1806) Believed to be Robert Williams (1735-1814)
depicted half-length, wearing a dark green coat and cravat, oil on canvas, 75cm x 62.25cm
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 173 Sold
CIRCLE OF WILLIAM OWEN (1769-1825) A portrait of a gentleman
depicted half-length, wearing a black gown and tabs, oil on canvas, 76cm x 63.5cm
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 174 Sold
ITALIAN SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY 'Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane'
feigned oval, oil on canvas, 42cm x 34.25cm
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 175 Sold
*CATHERINE OULESS (1879-1961) Rachel Sophia Williams, Mrs Henry John Madocks
1915, the sitter depicted half-length, wearing a dark grey dress with a white lace collar, signed and dated lower right, oil on canvas, 75cm x 62.25cm
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 176 Sold
A GROUP OF FOUR 'BRONZED TERRACOTTA' ALLEGORICAL FIGURES OF THE FOUR SEASONS
comprising Winter figured as a bearded gentleman wrapped in a cloak, Summer adorned with trailing vine leaves, Spring holding a basket of flowers, and Autumn bearing a sheaf of wheat, approximately 85cm high (4)
Hammer price: £7,500
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 177 Sold
A GREY-PAINTED TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF AN ANGEL
modelled holding two olive branches, on a stepped plinth base, 68cm high
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £200 - £400
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 178 Sold
AFTER F. J. WILLIAMSON (1833-1920) A PAINTED PLASTER BUST OF QUEEN VICTORIA
on a square plinth base inscribed '1887', 41cm high
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £100 - £200
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 179 Sold
A PAIR OF NEOCLASSICAL PATINATED BRONZE EWERS
each body decorated in relief with a processional scene of putti leading a goat, the handles with gryphon head terminals, on stepped plinth bases, 42cm high (2)
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 180 Sold
A NEOCLASSICAL PATINATED BRONZE VASE
of bell-shaped krater form, the body decorated in relief with a Dionysian procession, including figures with wine and musical instruments, with twin mask head handles, on a stepped plinth base, 34cm high x 24cm diameter

Note: This urn takes inspiration from the Borghese Vase, a 1st century BC Athenian marble antiquity now in the Louvre Museum. It incorporates elements of the 'Bacchanalian' frieze. It is a much celebrated and repeated edition throughout 'The Grand Tour' era.
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £400 - £800
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 181 Sold
A PATINATED METAL FIGURAL INKWELL
in the form of an owl, the head lifting back to reveal a reservoir, on a plinth base inscribed 'To Ensign Robert Williams From The 3rd. DS. R. V 7th. Sept. 1869', 25cm high; together with a neoclassical patinated metal amphora vase, on a turned plinth base, 29cm high; and a cast metal hand bell, decorated in relief with fauna, 11cm high (3)
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 182 Sold
A PAIR OF PATINATED BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
cast in relief with abundant vines, grapes and foliage, on a circular plinth base, 27cm high (2)
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £80 - £150
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 183 Sold
A PAIR OF ADJUSTABLE EBONY CANDLESTICKS
20th century, the turned columnar stems with leaf carved decoration, on circular plinth bases, 29cm high (2)
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £50 - £100
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
Lot 184 Sold
A WILLIAM IV OAK GOTHIC REVIVAL LIBRARY ARMCHAIR
the leather covered buttoned back over a square seat, on moulded block front legs with quatrefoil carved headers, 102cm high x 72cm wide x 82cm deep; together with an associated foot stool (2)

The Bridehead Suite.
Hammer price: £3,500
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
12 June 2025
12 June 2025
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 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

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