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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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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 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

Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
47	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	£80 - £150	£380	View
48	A GILT METAL AND CUT GLASS BASKET CHANDELIER 20th century, approximately 50cm drop	£100 - £200	£80	View
49	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…	£50 - £100	£210	View
50	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	£500 - £1,000	£500	View
51	GEORGE MORLAND (1762-1804) Figures on a country lane with castle ruins to the distance, inscribed frame, oil on canvas, 38cm x 48cm	£1,000 - £2,000	£700	View
52	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)	£300 - £500	£440	View
52a	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…	£500 - £1,000	£1,100	View
53	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…	£800 - £1,500	£3,000	View
54	A PAIR OF CONTINENTAL BRONZE FIGURES 19th century, modelled as putti playing instruments, on naturalistic plinth bases, 25cm high (2)	£100 - £200	£220	View
54a	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…	£80 - £150	£110	View
54b	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,…	£50 - £100	£180	View
55	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)	£1,500 - £2,500	£2,200	View
56	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…	£3,000 - £5,000	£6,000	View
57	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…	£80 - £150	£120	View
58	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…	£1,000 - £2,000	£6,500	View
59	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…	£400 - £800	£300	View
60	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)	£200 - £400	£110	View
60a	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	£200 - £400	£280	View
61	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…	£100 - £200	£140	View
62	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	£80 - £150	£220	View
63	AN ASSOCIATED SET OF EIGHT HANGING PENDANT LANTERNS of various drop lengths, the cut-glass shades approximately 15cm high (8)	£200 - £400	£900	View
64	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,…	£10,000 - £20,000	£18,000	View
65	MANNER OF AELBERT JACOBSZOON CUYP (1620-1691) Cattle in a landscape with a ruined tower and village beyond, oil on panel, 45cm x 54cm	£1,000 - £2,000	£2,400	View
66	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…	£4,000 - £8,000	-	View

Total lots: 753

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