Select contents of Fasnadarach, A Scottish Country House, Royal Deeside Perched dramatically in an elevated position on the south bank of the River Dee, Fasnadarach is a commanding Grade II listed Victorian country house. Completed in 1874, it was built as the fishing lodge for the Glen Tanar Estate, and designed by George Truefitt who designed many of the estate buildings. The house eschews the Scots Baronial taste, and is instead a meandering confection of gables, overhanging eaves, and chimneys. Fasnadarach was commissioned by Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, father-in-law of the 11th Marquis of Huntly, who married Sir William’s daughter in 1869. The house is designed to give full appreciation to its setting, with the series of reception rooms on the ground floor, and bedrooms on the first, that offer views up and down the Dee and on to the Cairngorms. The most recent owners, who are only the third family to call Fasnadarach home, filled it with an eclectic mix of British and European furniture, ceramics, and works of art, all displayed in the elegant surroundings. They are offered for sale with the hope they will go to new homes where they will be appreciated by a new generation of collectors.
319 HD999/82 BLACK FOREST CARVED BEAR AND CUB COAT STAND
LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY depicting a bear cub sitting on top of a tree, the mother bear at the base, with a recess for walking sticks 192cm high £1,000-2,000
320 HD999/62 LARGE EARLY VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID WALL CLOCK
19TH CENTURY the circular enamel dial with Roman numbers with one winding hole, in a cornforming case inlaid with mother-of-pearl over a scrolled base with an oval pendulum lenticle; with a single train fusee movement 59cm tall £400-600