The Swinton Sale

Date: 13th Sep, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
The Auction Centre, Leyburn
Catalogue: View Page Turner Catalogue
Lots: 328

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.

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Lot 1 - Robert Mouseman Thompson (1876-1955): An...

Sold for £9,000
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500

Lot 2 - Robert Mouseman Thompson (1876-1955): A Set of...

Sold for £3,500
Estimated at £2,500 - £3,500

Lot 3 - Workshop of Robert Mouseman Thompson (Kilburn):...

Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 4 - A Set of Five 20th Century Cylindrical Lidded...

Sold for £200
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 5 - A Victorian Papier Mache Decorated Box, 2nd...

Sold for £140
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 6 - A Pair of Victorian Mahogany and Brass...

Sold for £130
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 7 - David S R Kirk (b.1960) The Blessing Signed,...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 8 - A Rockingham Porcelain Bottle Vase and Stopper,...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 9 - Sir Herbert James Gunn RA, PRP, NS (1893-1964)...

Sold for £4,000
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000

Lot 10 - A Stefan Nowacki Derby Porcelain Plate, 1984,...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 11 - An English Porcelain Dinner Service, mid 19th...

Sold for £1,900
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 12 - Adrian C Rigby (b.1962) Scarlett Macaws...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 13 - A Victorian White-Metal-Mounted Oak Trough, of...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 14 - A Bohemian Blue Overlay Clear Glass Goblet,...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 15 - A Victorian Walnut Table Cabinet, late 19th...

Sold for £90
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 16 - An English Porcelain Dessert Service, circa...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £250 - £350

Lot 20 - Bronte (Anne, Charlotte and Emily). Novels of...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 21 - Shakespeare (William). Dramatic Works of...

Sold for £2,500
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 22 - Stevenson (Robert Louis). The Works of Robert...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 23 - Austen (Jane). The Novels of Jane Austen,...

Sold for £1,700
Estimated at £600 - £1,000

Lot 43 - After Archibald Thorburn FZS (1860-1935) Snipe...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 44 - Archibald Thorburn FZS (1860-1935) Sandpiper...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 45 - Nelson (T.H.) et al. The Birds of Yorkshire,...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 46 - Donovan (E.). The Natural History of British...

Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 52 - A Collection of Assorted Items

Sold for £90
Estimated at £70 - £100

Lot 54 - A Large Glass Rummer, 19th century, the ovoid...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 55 - A Regency Mahogany and Ebony Sarcophagus-Shape...

Sold for £200
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 56 - Fleming (Ian). Thunderball. Jonathan Cape,...

Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 57 - A Late George III Mahogany Kneehole Table,...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 58 - Edgar Hunt (1876-1953) Hen, Chicks and Pigeons...

Sold for £5,500
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800

Lot 59 - A Victorian Specimen Wood Tripod Table, mid...

Sold for £200
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 60 - Wright (Lewis). The Illustrated Book of...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 61 - A George III-Style Carved Mahogany Side Table,...

Sold for £100
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 62 - A George III Mahogany Dressing Stool, late...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 63 - Anthony de Brie (de Bree) (1855-1921) "Mr...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 66 - Three Assorted Silver Items

Sold for £120
Estimated at £70 - £100

Lot 69 - Four Various Elizabeth II Silver Dishes

Sold for £190
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 78 - Richard Harrison (b.1954) "The Pulpit Butt"...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £70 - £100

Lot 80 - Joseph Samuel Halfpenny (1748-1811) Two...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 81 - A Meissen Porcelain Hot Water Jug and Cover,...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 82 - Samuel Henry Alken Sr. (1756-1815) Sportsmen...

Sold for £200
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 83 - A Lignum Vitae Truncheon, bearing old...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 84 - Tweedie (Major-General W.). The Arabian Horse,...

Sold for £950
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 85 - A Chrome-Plated and Painted Car Mascot, 20th...

Sold for £180
Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 86 - Shirley Hirsch (Contemporary) "The Horse is...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £60 - £90

Lot 87 - Sporting and Natural History Books. Scott...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 88 - Morris (Rev. F. O.). A History of British...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 90 - Taxidermy: Red Fox Mask (Vulpes vulpes), dated...

Sold for £110
Estimated at £120 - £180

Lot 91 - Jabes Heenck (1752-1782) Dutch Owl on a branch...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 92 - A Pair of Japanese Porcelain Models of Quail,...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £70 - £100

Lot 93 - Ian McGillivray (b.1964) Scottish Driven...

Sold for £1,700
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 94 - Archibald Thorburn FZS (1860-1935) Study of...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 95 - A Signed Limited Edition Bronze of Two Hounds,...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £100 - £150

Lot 96 - Archibald Thorburn FZS (1860-1935) Studies of...

Sold for £800
Estimated at £500 - £800