THE SELECTED CONTENTS OF DYKES HILL HOUSE, MASHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE, FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OF THE 2nd EARL AND COUNTESS OF SWINTON AND SOLD ON THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE 4th EARL AND FAMILY AND THE TRUSTEES OF THE LORD SWINTON WILL TRUST
The Swinton Sale, will include a selection of fine English and Continental Furniture, Paintings, Sculpture, Chinese Works of Art, Silver, Meissen, Sèvres, Books and Objets d’Art from one of Yorkshire’s most important landed estates.
The Swinton Estate which spans approximately 20,000 acres encompasses some of the most beautiful landscape in North Yorkshire and has been in the ownership of the Cunliffe-Lister family since the 1880s. Dykes Hill House, close to Swinton Park, became the family seat and home to the 2nd Earl and Lady Masham following a life changing injury when she was thrown from her horse shortly before their wedding in 1959, causing her to be paralysed from the waist down.
The 2nd Earl died in 2006 and his widow Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Countess of Swinton, Baroness Masham of Ilton, DL, continued to lead a full life as a British crossbench member of the House of Lords. Amongst her many achievements, she was a former Paralympic athlete and was also the founder and lifelong President of the Spinal Injuries Association. She died on 12th March 2023.
Whilst a number of the chattels have been retained by the family, the remaining contents of Dykes Hill House provide a rare glimpse of what epitomises the quintessential taste of the English aristocracy.
Lot 193
A Pair of George III Silver Meat-Dishes by William Bateman, London, 1810
Sold for £900
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
Lot 194
A Pair of George III Silver Meat-Dishes by James Young, London, 1791
Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800
Lot 195
A Pair of George III Silver Meat-Dishes by William Bennett, London, 1814
Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Lot 200
An Elizabeth II Silver Waiter by Suckling Ltd., Birmingham, 1958
Sold for £150
Estimated at £120 - £180
Lot 201
A Set of Six George IV Silver Salt-Cellars by Thomas and John Settle, Sheffield, 1820
Sold for £500
Estimated at £500 - £800
Lot 204
A Three-Piece George VI Silver Condiment-Set by Suckling Ltd., Birmingham, 1942 and 1945
Sold for £90
Estimated at £70 - £100
Lot 216
A George II Irish Silver Sugar-Bowl by Andrew Goodwin, Dublin, Circa 1740
Sold for £650
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 217
A George II Irish Silver Sugar-Bowl Maker’s Mark Lacking, Dublin, Circa 1750
Sold for £280
Estimated at £250 - £350
Lot 218
A George II Silver Coffee-Pot by Gabriel Sleath, London, 1735
Sold for £550
Estimated at £600 - £800
Lot 219
A George II Silver Coffee-Pot by Thomas Whipham and Charles Wright, London, 1758
Sold for £600
Estimated at £500 - £800
Lot 220
A George II Silver Coffee-Pot Maker's Mark Rubbed, London, Perhaps 1738
Sold for £320
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 221
An Old Sheffield Plate Hot-Water Jug Apparently Unmarked, Circa 1820
Sold for £80
Estimated at £70 - £100
Lot 222
An Edward VII Silver Hot-Water Jug by John and William F. Deakin, Sheffield, 1909
Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 223
A Victorian Silver Hot-Water Jug by James Deakin and Sons, Sheffield, 1895
Sold for £160
Estimated at £120 - £180
Lot 224
An Edward VII Silver Hot-Water Jug by Henry Wigfull, Sheffield, 1905
Sold for £130
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 226
An Edward VII Silver Tea-Caddy by Charles Clement Pilling, London, 1905
Sold for £50
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 228
An Edward VII Silver Tea-Caddy by William Comyns, London, 1904
Sold for £110
Estimated at £120 - £180
Lot 229
A George III Silver Teapot by Charles Hollinshed, London, 1807
Sold for £300
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 230
An Elizabeth II Silver Plate Tray by Frank Cobb and Co., Ltd., Dated 1984
Sold for £110
Estimated at £60 - £80
Lot 241
A Chinese Porcelain Baluster Vase, Yongzheng,...
Sold for £5,500
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000
Lot 245
A Pair of French Gilt-Metal-Mounted Chinese...
Sold for £13,000
Estimated at £10,000 - £15,000
Lot 254
A Composite Sèvres-Style Porcelain Dinner and...
Sold for £4,200
Estimated at £5,000 - £7,000
Lot 261
A George V Silver Spanner Retailed by Elkington and Co., London, 1923
Sold for £550
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 262
A Victorian Silver Snuff-Box by David Pettifer, Birmingham, 1853
Sold for £200
Estimated at £70 - £100
Lot 265
A Gold-Mounted Agate Snuff-Box With Pseudo Marks For Paris, Perhaps Hanau, 19th Century
Sold for £25,000
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 269
A German Silver-Gilt Casket Apparently Unmarked, Perhaps Augsburg, Late 17th Century
Sold for £7,200
Estimated at £4,000 - £6,000
Lot 273
A George V Silver-Gilt Rose-Bowl by William Hutton and Sons, Birmingham, 1913
Sold for £130
Estimated at £120 - £180
Lot 275
An Edward VII Silver Basket by George Nathan and Ridley Hayes, Chester, 1904
Sold for £200
Estimated at £120 - £180
Lot 277
A George VI Silver Beaker or Vase by Leslie Gordon Durbin, London, 1949
Sold for £650
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 278
A George IV Scottish Silver Salver by Robert Gray and Son, Glasgow, 1827
Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
Lot 287
Follower of Bernardo Bellotto (1721-1780) A...
Sold for £14,000
Estimated at £7,000 - £10,000
Lot 288
A Pair of Louis XVI-Style Gilt-Bronze-Mounted...
Sold for £3,200
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000