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London, England, United Kingdom
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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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0145: Carlo Grubacs (Italian, 1812-1870) View of the Piazzetta from the Bacino di San MarcoEst. £3,000-£5,000
0146: English School, 18th Century Bacchus and Ariadne; and Apollo and Daphne (2)Est. £6,000-£8,000Lot Passed
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0147: An extensive matched and part Hourglass and King's pattern silver and silver plated service of f...Est. £12,000-£18,000
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0148: A pair of Russian 19th century gilt bronze figural groups mounted on malachite veneered plinth b...Est. £800-£1,200
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0152: A pair of French late 19th century gilt-bronze and white marble cassolettes In the Louis XVI sty...Est. £800-£1,200
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0153: A Regence kingwood, rosewood and tulipwood crossbanded bombé commodeCirca 1730Est. £2,500-£3,500
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0154: A Louis XVI tulipwood, amaranth and gilt bronze mounted commode By Claude-Charles Saunier (1735-...Est. £5,000-£8,000
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0156: A French late 19th century gilt brass and cut rock crystal and glass eight-light chandelierEst. £2,000-£3,000
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0157: A pair of early 20th century white painted, giltwood and gesso torchèresIn the George III s...Est. £2,000-£3,000
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0159: A selection of four silver and silver-gilt beakers Various makers, London 1804 to 1925 (4)Est. £500-£800
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0161: A fine French kingwood, gilt brass mounted and cut-brass and pewter strung bureau platLate 19th ...Est. £3,000-£5,000
0162: A Victorian kingwood, rosewood and gilt bronze mounted bureau platMid-19th century, in the Louis...Est. £3,000-£5,000Lot Passed
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