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The Country House Sale
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THE VINE STREET SALEROOMS, SCARBOROUGH, YO11 1XN
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Tuesday 11 March | 9am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 12 March | 9am - 4:30pm
Thursday 13 March | 9am - 4:30pm
Friday 14 March | 9am - 4:30pm
Saturday 15 March | From 9am
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Welcome to The Country House Sale, a highly anticipated bi-annual event showcasing some of the finest pieces to pass through our salerooms.
Carefully curated by our team of specialists, this auction brings together exceptional antiques, fine art, furniture, and decorative objects that reflect the timeless elegance of the country house aesthetic.
With years of expertise in sourcing and valuing period pieces, we take pride in presenting a collection that embodies history, craftsmanship, and provenance.
Whether you are a collector, interior designer, or enthusiast, The Country House Sale offers a rare opportunity to acquire unique and distinguished items with expert insight and guidance.
Curator’s Highlights
1029 | 19th century silver-plated and ruby glass wine cooler, with fruiting vine mounts & twin vine handles.
£100 - 200
1072 | Large French gilt bronze urn after Henry Dasson, ornately cast with C-scrolls, birds & foliate handles.
£800 - 1,200
1000 | Victorian silver ‘pineapple’ chalice, finely embossed, with gilt interior, hallmarked Dobson & Sons, London 1897.
£400 - 600
1032 | Grand Tour champlevé enamel & micromosaic chamberstick, circa 1860-70, inset with micromosaic depicting the Colosseum.
£200 - 300
1037 | Late 18th/early 19th century gilt bronze figures of Robinson Crusoe & Man Friday, with mother-of-pearl parasols, on rosewood bases.
£200 - 400
1135 | Pair of 20th century
Chinese Famille Rose fish bowls, intricately decorated against a gilt ground with koi interiors, on carved hardwood stands.
£400 - 600
1121 | Early 20th century
Wedgwood Fairland lustre vase, circa 1920, designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones, in the Candlemas pattern.
£500 - 800
1088 | Large 18th century Meissen dish, finely painted chinoiserie scene within a gilt scrollwork reserve filled with Böttger lustre and iron red scrollwork. Rim features four quatrefoil Kauffahrtei panels in purple monochrome, framed by a gilt scroll border.
£1,000 - 2,000
1099 | 18th century Worcester caudle cup & cover, circa 1770, decorated with alternating panels of exotic birds & flowers.
£120 - 180
1149 | 19th century Chinese blue & white jar, decorated in the popular Hundred Boys design.
£400 - 600
1154 | Late 19th century Chinese blue & white gu beaker vase, decorated with two lobed reserves containing precious objects, against a prunus & cracked ice ground.
£200 - 300
1145 | 19th century Chinese blue & white planter & stand, decorated with figures and precious objects between stylised foliate borders.
£300 - 500
1153 | Late 19th century Chinese blue & white ginger jar, decorated with geisha on reindeer in a landscape setting.
£400 - 600
1127 | Early 20th century Royal Worcester oval plaque, hand painted by George Johnson, depicting a farmyard scene with white terrier dog, cockerel & chickens within a barn, signed G Johnson.
£1,200 - 1,800
1085 | 19th century Viennese biscuit bust, modelled as Emperor Francis I of Austria, upon a glazed porcelain socle inscribed ‘FRANCISCVS.I.’
£300 - 500
1128 | Rare turn-of-the-century Royal Worcester oval plaque, hand-painted by Harry Davis with a farmyard scene of pigs & piglets at a stone trough, farm buildings beyond, signed H. Davis.
Note: Pigs are a rare subject in Royal Worcester, exclusively painted by Davis with most known examples taken from a single farm sketch.
£2,000 - 4,000
1053 | 19th century reverse glass picture of a tiger, in a verre églomisé mount within a giltwood moulded frame.
£150 - 250
1176 | Reuge Sainte-Croix 21st-century
Swiss musical box,, playing three arias from The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
£1,000 - 1,500
1182 | Matching pair of French Edwardian 8-day timepiece carriage clocks.
£300 - 350
1122 | Late 20th century limited edition Royal Worcester mantle clock, hand painted by Jason Bowman.
£800 - 1,200
1188 | Junghans, German early 20th century walnut-cased 8-day mantle clock, raised on brass paw feet.
£120 - 180
1078 | Professor Otto Poertzel (German, 1876-1963): gilt bronze & carved ivory figure, circa 1920-1930, modelled as a young dutch man seated upon a tree stump, with light fitting behind modelled as a tree branch, supporting a circular cream & tasselled shade.
£800 - 1,200
1044 | Early George III cross & chevron banded laburnum tea caddy.
£150 - 250
1224 | Mouseman adzed & panelled oak 6’ sideboard, fitted with four central drawers & flanking cupboards, carved with mouse signature.
£2,500 - 3,500
1214 | Mouseman tooled oak money box, modelled as a wedge of cheese, carved with mouse signature.
£300 - 500
1228 | Early 19th century teak & brass bound silver campaign chest, enclosing two removeable trays with divisions, lined in blue baize.
£500 - 800
1225 | Large carved wooden rocking horse in the manner of F. H. Ayres, with dapple grey paint finish.
£1,000 - 2,000
1268 | 19th-century Neoclassical giltwood and gesso overmantel mirror, adorned with flower heads & a central panel of linen swags. Mirror plate framed by Ionic scrolls, acanthus leaf capitals & fluted uprights, with shaped lower corner brackets featuring elegant fan detailing. H 171cm, W 137cm.
£300 - 500
1421 | Late 19th to early 20thcentury French mahogany desk with variegated rouge and grey marble top. Features three small drawers above a cylinder roll top with Vernis Martin lid, revealing a fitted interior with drawers and a sliding baize-lined surface, over a single long drawer.
£400 - 600
1226 | Regency brass inlaid rosewood chaise lounge, upholstered in black & gold striped fabric, on out splayed supports with carved paw feet.
£500 - 800
1199 | William Hayler of Chatham, Fine George III black japanned chinoiserie longcase clock, c.1760. Profusely gilt-decorated case with pagodas, figures & floral panels.
£1,000 - 2,000
1230 | George III mahogany serpentine chest of four drawers, the top drawer fitted with baize-lined slide opening to reveal divisions.
£1,000 - 1,500
1235 | Pair of carved giltwood & composition console tables, variegated rouge marble top, decorated with trailing vine & grape bunches & eagle front supports.
£1,000 - 1,500
1288 | Liberty & Co. London, circa. 1890s ‘The Wykeham’ settle or bench.
Note: The promotional sketch for ‘The Wykeham’ range can be seen in the ‘Liberty & Co. Handbook of Sketches, 1889’.
£400 - 600
1467 | Persian Heriz dark indigo & red ground carpet, floral design featuring central medallion with large projecting palmettes & repeating patterned border within guard stripes.
£600 - 800
1237 | Mahogany ‘Strawberry Hill’ design Windsor armchair, with Gothic pattern pierced splats.
£200 - 300
1192 | Late 19th century German 8-day walnut-cased Vienna regulator wall clock, circa 1870.
£200 - 350
1461 | Persian Meimeh indigo ground rug, featuring central medallion within a field of floral lozenge motifs, framed by guarded repeating pattern border.
£500 - 700
1271 | Regency giltwood & gesso wall mirror, stag pediment with oak leaves, acorns, acanthus & fruiting vines, enclosing a convex plate within rope twist wreath.
£700 - 1,000
1334 | Georgian design leather wingback armchair, in buttoned burgundy leather with studded detail on claw & ball feet.
£300 - 500
1426 | George III mahogany chest-on-chest, featuring two short & six long drawers, with central brushing slide.
£500 - 800
1333 | Pair of late 19th/early 20th century Kingwood and ormolu encoignure cabinets, mirrored backs, serpentine double cupboards with Sèvres-style panels, foliate mounts and shelved interiors.
£1,200 - 1,800
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