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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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0074: Carl Toms (British, 1927-1999): a silk ballgown designed for Lady Glenconner for the Peacock Bal...Est. £500-£800
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0075: Carl Toms (British, 1927-1999): a hand made turquoise silk Indian gown worn by Lady Glenconner a...Est. £500-£800
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![CADDY (LIEUT. JOHN HERBERT) Scenery of the Windward & Leeward Islands], Ackermann & Co., 1837 (12): [CADDY (LIEUT. JOHN HERBERT)Scenery of the Windward & Leeward Islands], 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates by J. Harris, Newton Fielding, William Westall, C. Hunt, all after Caddy, light faint](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/dist/images/placeholder.jpg?height=310&quality=70)
0076: CADDY (LIEUT. JOHN HERBERT) Scenery of the Windward & Leeward Islands], Ackermann & Co., 1837 (12)Est. £3,000-£5,000
0077: Rev. Lansdown Guilding (Saint Vincent 1797-1831 Bermuda) View of the barren summit of Morne Souf...Est. £3,000-£5,000Lot Passed
0078: Rev. Lansdown Guilding (Saint Vincent 1797-1831 Bermuda) View of the Morne Soufrière - St. ...Est. £3,000-£5,000Lot Passed
0079: Rev. Lansdown Guilding (Saint Vincent 1797-1831 Bermuda) A view of the new crater of the Morne S...Est. £3,000-£5,000Lot Passed
0080: Rev. Lansdown Guilding (Saint Vincent 1797-1831 Bermuda) A view of the old crater of the Morne S...Est. £3,000-£5,000Lot Passed
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0083: Philip Wilson Steer, OM, NEAC (British, 1860-1942) Near Stroud, GloucestershireEst. £600-£800
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0086: Bernard Lorjou (French, 1908-1986) Still life with flower and jug unframedEst. £700-£1,000
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0087: Sir Sidney Nolan C.B.E., O.M., R.A. (Australian, 1917-1992) Kelly II Screenprint in colours, 197...Est. £300-£500
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0089: Patrick Procktor, R.A., R.W.S. (British, 1936-2003) Favourites Courtyard Aquatint in colours, 19...Est. £150-£250
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0090: Two large Indian flatweave carpets 20th century the rectangular example: 280 x 380cm, not inclu...Est. £400-£600
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0091: An early David Linley maple and stained sycamore canterbury in the Art Deco styleEst. £300-£500
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0092: Edward Bawden R.A. (British, 1903-1989) Audley End House Linocut in colours, 1973, on wove paper...Est. £700-£1,000
0093: Patrick Procktor, R.A., R.W.S. (British, 1936-2003) Sarum (North-West view of Salisbury Cathedra...Est. £300-£500Lot Passed
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