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Lady Glenconner, My Life in Objects
Bonhams is delighted to offer Lady Glenconner: My Life in Objects, a selection of highlights from the personal collection of Lady Glenconner. From being Maid of Honour at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and, later, Lady in Waiting to her childhood friend Princess Margaret, to hosting rockstars on her husband's private island of Mustique, Lady Glenconner has lived an extraordinary life.
Through this carefully curated selection of lots her story of royalty, glamour, and a roller-coaster marriage is told. Lots include Old Master heirlooms, to a gold Cartier box gifted to Lady Glenconner by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and a ballgown worn to the legendary Peacock Ball on Mustique.
Of the sale, Lady Glenconner says: I have had such great pleasure living with these wonderful objects, each telling their own fascinating story and I am delighted that they will soon be going on to new homes, and their stories will enter a new chapter.
Sold alongside this collection is A Farquhar Legacy, a family collection which has passed down through the generations. Sir Walter Rockcliffe Farquhar (1810-1900) was a senior partner at the private bank Herries, Farquhar & Co. which was noted for pioneering circular notes (the precursor to the traveller's cheque) and for becoming leading financiers to Britain's aristocracy and gentry.
Following the Napoleonic Wars, the bank invested in French bonds and is thought to have established connections with Napoleon III, also known as Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. According to family tradition, the deposed Emperor was accommodated by the Farquhar family at their London residence in Eaton Square, before moving to lodgings in St James's Street. It is reputed that, unable to repay the loan by conventional means, Napoleon III presented the family, in gratitude for their safe haven, with valuables from prominent French royal palaces.
Through this carefully curated selection of lots her story of royalty, glamour, and a roller-coaster marriage is told. Lots include Old Master heirlooms, to a gold Cartier box gifted to Lady Glenconner by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and a ballgown worn to the legendary Peacock Ball on Mustique.
Of the sale, Lady Glenconner says: I have had such great pleasure living with these wonderful objects, each telling their own fascinating story and I am delighted that they will soon be going on to new homes, and their stories will enter a new chapter.
Sold alongside this collection is A Farquhar Legacy, a family collection which has passed down through the generations. Sir Walter Rockcliffe Farquhar (1810-1900) was a senior partner at the private bank Herries, Farquhar & Co. which was noted for pioneering circular notes (the precursor to the traveller's cheque) and for becoming leading financiers to Britain's aristocracy and gentry.
Following the Napoleonic Wars, the bank invested in French bonds and is thought to have established connections with Napoleon III, also known as Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. According to family tradition, the deposed Emperor was accommodated by the Farquhar family at their London residence in Eaton Square, before moving to lodgings in St James's Street. It is reputed that, unable to repay the loan by conventional means, Napoleon III presented the family, in gratitude for their safe haven, with valuables from prominent French royal palaces.
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0005: An assembled Holkham Pottery white and gilt decorated tea and breakfast service Third quarter 20...Est. £200-£300
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0014: A collection of four commemorative glass bowls and plates including for the Coronation of King G...Est. £200-£300
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0015: ROXBURGHE CLUB HASSALL (W. O., editor). The Holkham Library: Illuminations and Illustrations in...Est. £150-£250
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0016: A fine set of four George III carved giltwood armchairsIn the manner of Henry Holland, possibly ...Est. £3,000-£5,000
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0017: Samuel de Wilde (London 1751-1832) Portraits of Georgian actors: Charles Farley, Henry Johnston,...Est. £6,000-£10,000
0018: Circle of Gasparo Lopez (Naples 1650-1732 Florence) Still lifes of roses, tulips, chrysanthemums...Est. £3,000-£5,000Lot Passed
0019: Circle of Gasparo Lopez (Naples 1650-1732 Florence) Still lifes of roses, chrysanthemums, narcis...Est. £3,000-£5,000Lot Passed
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0021: Terence Cuneo (British, 1907-1996) The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey, Ju...Est. £300-£500
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0022: Sir Norman Hartnell (British, 1901-1979): Lady Glenconner's wedding dress 1956Est. £1,000-£1,500
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