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 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 9 - Sir Herbert James Gunn RA, PRP, NS (1893-1964)...
Sold for £4,000
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 11 - An English Porcelain Dinner Service, mid 19th...
Sold for £1,900
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Lot 24 - A Pair of George IV Silver Sugar-Nips by Charles Rawlings, London, 1828
Sold for £120
Estimated at £70 - £100
Lot 26 - A Pair of George V Silver Grape-Scissors by Atkin Brothers, Sheffield, 1911
Sold for £160
Estimated at £60 - £80
Lot 27 - A Pair of Edward VII Silver Fish-Servers by Francis Higgins, London, 1903
Sold for £170
Estimated at £120 - £180
Lot 33 - A Victorian Silver Table-Service Mostly by George Adams, London, 1844, 1848, 1854 and 1879
Sold for £2,800
Estimated at £2,500 - £3,500
Lot 35 - A Victorian Silver Table-Service by George Adams, London, 1846, 1854 and 1879
Sold for £1,220
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
Lot 37 - A Set of Twelve Victorian Silver Table-Forks by George Adams, London, 1846
Sold for £620
Estimated at £500 - £700
Lot 38 - A Set of Six Victorian Silver Table-Forks by George Adams, London, Two 1854 and Four 1879
Sold for £310
Estimated at £250 - £350
Lot 39 - A George III and Later Silver Table-Service Various Maker’s and Dates
Sold for £1,800
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500
Lot 42 - A Collection of Assorted George III and Later Silver Flatware
Sold for £180
Estimated at £120 - £180
Lot 51 - An Elizabeth II Parcel-Gilt Silver Desk-Clip by William Whitehill Silver Co., London, 1999
Sold for £350
Estimated at £120 - £180
Lot 58 - Edgar Hunt (1876-1953) Hen, Chicks and Pigeons...
Sold for £5,500
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800
Lot 64 - A George V Silver Cigarette-Box by Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co. Ltd., London, 1910
Sold for £220
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 65 - A Pair of Elizabeth II Silver-Gilt Cigarette-Lighters by Brian Leslie Fuller, London, 1974
Sold for £200
Estimated at £70 - £100
Lot 67 - A Victorian Silver Cigarette-Box by George Howson, London, 1893
Sold for £180
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 71 - An Elizabeth II Silver Model of a Grouse by Richard Comyns, London, 1984
Sold for £700
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 72 - Three Various Silver or Silver Plate Animals 20th Century
Sold for £130
Estimated at £60 - £80
Lot 73 - A Greek Silver Model of an Owl Stamped With Greek Maker’s Mark and ‘925’, 20th Century
Sold for £250
Estimated at £70 - £100