Collections

We offer flexible models to bring house contents and collections to market in the most effective way ● We assist clients with a strategic approach, and can present items at auction, by Private Treaty and also in our online Shop ● Contact us to discuss the sale of your collection at The Pedestal ● Showing right: A selection of items from The Patrick Donald Collection

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Property from a Hampstead apartment

December 2022

Over 80 lots featuring fine art, furniture, objects, Murano glassware, with many pieces dating from the Art Deco period or inspired by the aesthetics of the era. Highlights included an Art Deco style lamp by Jean Perzel, sold for £2,750, an Art Deco patinated bronze model of a stalking panther by Max Le Verrier, sold for £2,500 and a brown and grey chequered aventurine glass vase in the manner of Fulvio Bianconi, sold for £3,500 ● Showing left: Robert Zeidman, a bronze pierced, spherical sculpture, sold for £1,250

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Cherry Barker - Collecting the English Vernacular

March 2022

Over 100 lots assembled by the model, and later, actress, Cherry Barker, for her Wiltshire home. Featuring equestrian, sporting and country pursuits paintings, needlework and samplers, silhouettes, Staffordshire porcelain, early oak, pine and walnut furniture, and, various quirky and eccentric pieces defying categorisation ● Showing right: 19th century Naive School, Portrait of a bull, oil on canvas, sold for £4,750

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Property from the Collection of a Lady of Title

May 2021

A personally selected group of furniture, decorative furnishings and rare, eclectic objects acquired over a period of many years. Highlights included two pairs of large 18th century carved oak angel's wings, sold for £1,000 and a late 19th century Dutch polychrome tôleware tulip planter, sold for £2,875 ● Showing left: One of seven panels of 19th century French scenic panoramic en grisaille wall paper, depicting Italian views, sold for £8,750

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Property from a Berkshire Residence

November 2020

A decorator’s delight – antique and contemporary furniture, rugs and carpets and lighting – assembled with the eye of a discerning, eclectic collector. Highlights included a pair of Chinese style table lamps, sold for £2,000, a Turkish Khotan design rug, sold for £2,250 ● Showing right: a pair of Louis XVI style bedside commodes, sold for £2,125

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Furniture from Hotham Hall, Yorkshire

July 2020

A private collection of early furniture and objects from the early 18th century Grade II Hotham Hall, specifically acquired to furnish the mansion. Highlights included a Charles I yew triangular Turner's chair, circa 1640, sold for £10,625 ● Showing left: a set of George IV yew, ash and elm Windsor armchairs by Amos of Grantham, sold for £3,750

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The Patrick Donald Collection

November 2019

The twin passions of the collector were Japanese Works of Art and Arms and Armour and early furniture, carvings and portraits. Patrick Donald turned his home into a living museum with room settings designed to display his collections. Highlights included a Taishō period gilt and lacquer seated carved figure of Nyoirin Kannon, sold for £9,375 and Follower of Remigius van Leemput, Portrait of a Lady, sold for £4,250 ● Showing right: an interior from the home of Patrick Donald

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The William H. Stokes Collection

March 2019

The private collection of the renowned Cirencester-based dealer in early works of art and furniture assembled in the 1950s and 60s. Highlights from over 350 lots offered included an English carved figure of a king, circa 1480, sold for £9,750 and an English carved oak heraldic dragon newel post finial, circa 1550, from Bradninch Manor, Devon, sold for £9,375 ● Showing left: early objects and furniture displayed in William H. Stokes' Dollar Street home, Cirencester

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