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Lot 1466
AN OPEN FACED SILVER POCKET WATCH. Circular white enamel dial with black roman index and outer minute track signed H Stone Leeds, plain case with escutcheon to the centre of the back, key wound movement signed H Stone Leeds, case hallmarked silver Chester 1898.CONDITION REPORTWatch is not currently functioning, part of the dial and hands are missing, recommended for spares or repairs purposes only.
Lot 1557
AN 18 CARAT GOLD DIAMOND FIVE STONE RING, graduated old-cut diamonds to a reeded tapering shank with pierced shoulders. Estimated total diamond weight 0.15ct, hallmarked Birmingham 1902, ring size L, 2.8 gramsCONDITION REPORTGood condition. Estimated colour: H/I; estimated clarity: SI1/SI2.
Lot 1570
AN 18 CARAT GOLD DIAMOND TWO STONE RING, old-cut diamonds in bezel settings to crossover scroll shoulders. Estimated total diamond weight 0.40ct, hallmarked London 1997, ring size M1/2, 4.2 gramsView 360 degree spin: https://sarlydro.sirv.com/Spins/X34/X34.spinCONDITION REPORTGood condition. Estimated colour: H/I; estimated clarity: SI1/SI2.
Lot 1617
A DIAMOND THREE STONE RING, graduated round brilliant-cut diamonds in claw settings, to cross-over scroll shoulders. Estimated total diamond weight 0.45ct, ring size K1/2, 1.7 gramsCONDITION REPORTThe shank has been resized. Estimated colour: H/I/J; estimated clarity: SI1/SI2. Indistinctly marked but in our opinion would test as gold.
Lot 1665
A DIAMOND THREE STONE RING, graduated round brilliant-cut diamonds in claw settings, to tapering shoulders. Estimated total diamond weight 0.70ct, marked '18CT & Plat', ring size M1/2, 2.1 gramsCONDITION REPORTThe shank is slightly thin, one diamond appears to a replacement of a more modern cut, the other two diamonds being transitional. Estimated colour: H/I; estimated clarity: VS2/SI1.
Lot 1726
A GROUP OF JEWELLERY AND COINS, including; A DIAMOND THREE STONE RING, estimated total diamond weight 0.15ct, marked '18CT&PLAT', ring size J1/2, 1.4 grams; A 9 CARAT GOLD CAMEO RING, ring size J, 2.4 grams; TWO VICTORIAN SILVER BROOCHES; THREE NECKLACES; TWO BROOCHES; TWO STICKPINS; A JADE RING; AND THREE SILVER COINS (Qty)
Lot 100
A Chinese inkstone,Qing dynasty (1644-1911), of rectangular section, the stone carved with shou characters against a diapered ground, the sides inscribed,22.5cm long, wood box清 寿字纹砚 连木盒Box - small chips and cracks to edges. Inkstone - Chips to corners and edges, surface scratches. One corner with cracks, possibly restored.
Lot 634
Actor, Joanna Lumley signed 10x8 black and white photograph. Lumley DBE FRGS (born 1 May 1946) is an English actress, presenter, former model, author, television producer, and activist. She won two BAFTA TV Awards for her role as Patsy Stone in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1992 2012), and was nominated for the 2011 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the Broadway revival of La Bête. In 2013, she received the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards, and in 2017 she was honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship award. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 66
Ghost squad Weston super mare 1962 signed album page. 9 signatures. Includes Richard Fraser, Danny Purchase, Marguerite Stone, William Douglas, Valerie Newbold, John Trigger and more. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 2260
AN INDIAN RECTANGULAR CARVED STONE PANEL AND AN INDIAN TERRACOTTA TILE (2)Probably 18th/19th centuryThe panel carved with a central floral medallion, the corners with similar quarter motifs, 44cm by 33cm, the square tile with a pierced formalised design, 22.5cm square, 2224Both with some chips around the edges
Lot 104
CELADON JADE 'FISH CAGE' BRUSH WASHER QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 青玉帶皮雕魚籠蝦蟹筆洗 carved as an oval bamboo-woven fish cage, the base supported by a pool of swirling waves, the sides further adorned with a fish, two crabs and a lotus bud popping out from the waves in high relief, the stone of greyish celadon tone with russet patches(9cm wide )
Lot 107
CARNELIAN AGATE 'PHOENIX AND PEACH' VASE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 瑪瑙雕靈芝紋瓶 the receptacle gnarled tree trunk cleverly carved from the white part of the agate, beside a lingzhi fungus growing as a smaller receptacle, the peaches and other lingzhi fungus branching from the carnelian stone, a large phoenix perching on the trunk(12.5cm wide)
Lot 110
CELADON JADE WITH RUSSET SKIN 'TIGER' WATER POT QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 青玉帶皮雕虎形水丞 carved in the round in standing pose, the head looking straight forward with snarling expression, the body and legs incised with swirling pattern, the back with a circular aperture leading to a concave space for containing water, the stone of uneven celadon colour with russet streaky inclusions, resembling the natural tiger skin(6.5cm wide)
Lot 112
WHITE JADE 'LINGZHI' FLOWER POT QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 白玉雕靈芝花插 carved in openwork in the form of a branch of lingzhi sprig, with a large lingzhi head, a flower bud and leaf-form tubular vessel issuing upwards from the sprig, the stone of translucent white tone with some russet patches(11cm wide )
Lot 113
WHITE JADE 'BOY AND RUYI' WATER POT QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 清 白玉雕平安如意童子水丞 carved as an oval vase with a ruyi cloud mouth rim, flanked and carved in high relief on one side with a joyous seated boy holding a lingzhi sprig, the opposite with a chi dragon crawling upwards, further incised with a ruyi cloud pattern on both sides, the stone of creamy white colour with light russet patches(7.5cm wide )
Lot 115
WHITE JADE 'TURTLEDOVE' STAFF HEAD WESTERN HAN DYNASTY 西漢 白玉雕鳩杖首 carved in the round as a turtledove with a long beak and looking backwards, the body finely carved in low relief with feathered wings, the flattened base carved with a circle and two apertures for fitting onto staff, the translucent white stone with a slight green tinge and russet inclusions(5.5cm wide)Note: a closely comparable example, also dated to the Western Han dynasty, is in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, no. 購玉 270
Lot 117
CELADON JADE WITH RUSSET SKIN CARVING OF A TIGER MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY 明 青玉帶皮雕虎形擺件 carved in the round in seated pose, its head turned towards its right and biting its own tail curling around its rear hind, the face vividly carved in relief with bulging eyes and pointed nose, the body delicately incised with parallel lines as tiger skin, the back has an aperture running through the body, the stone of uneven celadon colour with russet streaky inclusions, resembling the natural tiger skin(5cm high)
Lot 118
WHITE JADE WITH RUSSET SKIN CARVING OF A MYTHICAL WINGED ANIMAL QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY 清 白玉帶皮雕翼獸擺件 帶木座 carved in the round with its legs tucked underneath its body, the body finely carved in relief with spread wings, the horned head well defined with bulging eyes, the stone of even white tone with some russet skin, with a fitted wooden stand(8cm wide)Provenance: Private European collection
Lot 121
CELADON JADE WITH RUSSET SKIN CARVING OF A TOAD MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY 明 青玉帶皮雕蟾蜍擺件 naturalistically carved in the round with four legs tucked under its body, and with circular holes on its back and bulging eyes carved in relief, the stone of uneven celadon colour with brown and orangy patches on its back and legs(7cm wide )
Lot 122
YELLOW JADE CARVING OF A QILIN QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY 清 黃玉雕麒麟擺件 well depicted recumbent with the hind legs and front left leg tucked beneath the body, the right leg against the ground, rendered with its head looking straight ahead, the horned beast further detailed with bulging eyes, curled whiskers and a winged body, the stone of a yellowish celadon colour highlighted with russet veins(10.2cm wide)
Lot 123
PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A QILIN AND CUB MING TO QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY 明至清 青白玉提油雕麒麟帶子擺件 carved with a unicorn qilin together with its cub, both in the recumbent position, the minutely carved head looking backwards to the cub, the stone of uneven celadon and black colour(5cm wide )
Lot 126
WHITE AND RUSSET JADE 'TAOTIE' CUP WITH DRAGON AND CHILONG HANDLES MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY 明 白玉提油仿古饕餮紋倭角海棠式龍首杯 raised on a stepped ring foot, the quatrefoil form cup carved in low relief on either side with an archaic taotie mask flanked by a stylised phoenix head, the vessel flanked with a chilong clambering up from the bottom to the slightly everted rim on one side, the other side carved with a protruding horned dragon head forming handles, the creamy-white stone has some dark brown russet section, with a fitted wooden stand(18.5cm wide)Provenance: Private collection, England, has been collecting Chinese jades for over 20 years; Previously in a private Swiss collection
Lot 127
WHITE JADE CARVING OF A TIGER DEITY QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 清 白玉雕十二生肖虎官座像擺件 depicting one of the Chinese zodiac animals, the upright-seated tiger deity with human-form body in incised robe, holding a flower basket in his right hand, the stone of even translucent whitish colour(4.6cm high)
Lot 137
WHITE JADE 'PHOENIX AND CHI DRAGON' LIBATION CUP QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 白玉雕鳳凰螭龍犀角杯 in the archaic style, the horn-shaped cup finely carved with a phoenix's head on its narrower end, the bird's scaled body and feathered wings minutely carved in low relief on either side, a chi dragon crawling upwards the mouth rim that further incised with a band of key-fret pattern, the stone of even translucent white tone(8cm high )
Lot 140
WHITE JADE WITH RUSSET SKIN CARVING 'DOUBLE-GOURD WITH BAT' PENDANT QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 白玉帶皮巧雕福祿雙全吊墜 finely carved of a double-gourd form, decorated with a further gourd and a flying bat in high relief, the stone of even white colour, the bat highlighted in russet colour with the original stone skin(6cm high )
Lot 143
WHITE JADE 'MELON AND BUTTERFLY' PENDANT QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 清 白玉雕瓜瓞綿綿吊墜 finely carved and pierced as a leafy stem bearing two ripe melons, a butterfly perched upon one of the fruits, the stone of even white tone with the russet inclusions cleverly worked into the carving to highlight the butterfly(5cm high )
Lot 145
PALE CELADON JADE 'MONKEY ON HORSE' CARVING QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 青白玉馬上封侯把件 carved in the round with a recumbent horse turning its head backwards to face the monkey seated upon its back, the monkey playfully holding the horse's reins, the stone of even pale celadon colour with minor white inclusions(6.6cm wide)Provenance: Private Scottish collection, Perthshire
Lot 150
MUGHAL STYLE PALE CELADON JADE HANDLED BOWL QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 青白玉雕痕都斯坦式花葉紋雙柄碗 the delicate body intricately carved in low relief on the exterior with a band of acanthus leaf, the tip rising from the rim and curling to form a pair of bud-form handles, the deep round body supported on an intricate rosette foot, further encircled by a band of acanthus leaves, the stone of even and translucent pale celadon colour with light occasional cloud inclusions(16cm wide)Provenance: Kimmerghame, Duns, the Estate of the Late Major General Sir John Swinton K.C.V.O., O.B.E., D.L. (1925-2018) Major General Sir John Swinton began his military career in 1944 with the Scots Guards, rising in rank to Major General in 1976. He was also Brigadier of the Queen’s Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers) in 1977, and retired from Army life in 1979. With his strong military background, he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for Berwickshire in 1980 and Lord Lieutenant from 1989 to 2000. A high point of his tenure was escorting the Stone of Scone back to Scotland in 1996. The Swinton family history and ownership of land in Berwickshire can be traced to the early part of the 12th century, when Ernulf de Swinton received one of the first private charters recorded in Scotland which confirmed his property from David I of Scotland (1084-1153). This is one of two original charters of David I kept in the cartulary of Durham; both are to Ernulf and also refer to Ernulf’s father (Udard), grandfather (Liulf) and great-grandfather (Eadulf) as holding the land before him. This would make Eadulf the first landowner of Scotland whose ownership could be proved, and means that the Swinton family would by this hypothesis be one of only three (the two others being the Arden and Berkeley families) that could trace its unbroken land ownership and lineage to before the Norman Conquest, making it one of the oldest landed families in Britain. Kimmerghame itself was the site of an earlier house, the home of Sir Andrew Home in the 1730s. The lands and estate of Kimmerghame came into the ownership of the family of Swinton in 1776 when Archibald Swinton of Manderston married Henrietta Campbell of Blythswood in Glasgow. This older house was demolished and rebuilt in the early 1850s, the architect being the celebrated David Bryce, who employed some materials from the older house. Bryce’s Scots Baronial house was substantially damaged by fire in 1938 and only partially rebuilt. The family still retains Kimmerghame and its contents. Captain Archibald Swinton (1731-1804) went to India in the service of the East India Company as a surgeon. He reached Madras in 1752 and took part in the campaigns being waged between the French and English Companies for supremacy in the south. He also took part in an expedition 1756-57 to Negrais in Burma. He reached eastern India for the first time in 1759 when he arrived at Ganjam in Orissa and from there went on to Calcutta. He also transferred from being a surgeon to an ensignship in the Company’s Bengal army. When Archibald Swinton left the Company’s service at the end of 1765, he took with him a letter from the Emperor to King George III asking for help to reseat him on the throne of his ancestors, since Clive would not do so unilaterally; Swinton took a munshi with him in case the answer should be written in Persian. So ‘Captain Swinton, bringing with him the Munshy (sic) (and including in his baggage the large Indian jars, the Indian pictures, Chinese pictures painted on glass, numberless ivory, silver and crystal handled arms, jewels, Persian books, etc. etc.), sailed from India …’ The important group of Indian paintings and other works of art are now in the care of the National Museum of Scotland having been accepted by the nation in lieu of inheritance tax. The Swinton family have had strong connections with the Army and the legal profession. Part of their impressive collection was sold at our saleroom in Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings and Works of Art sale on 23 Feb 2022.
Lot 151
MUGHAL-STYLE WHITE JADE 'CHRYSANTHEMUM' BOWL QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 白玉雕痕都斯坦式菊紋碗 elegantly carved with steep and gently flaring plain sides, supported on a medallion of a blossoming chrysanthemum, the thin polished stone of even and translucent white colour with light occasional cloud inclusions(12cm diameter)Provenance: Kimmerghame, Duns, the Estate of the Late Major General Sir John Swinton K.C.V.O., O.B.E., D.L. (1925-2018) Major General Sir John Swinton began his military career in 1944 with the Scots Guards, rising in rank to Major General in 1976. He was also Brigadier of the Queen’s Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers) in 1977, and retired from Army life in 1979. With his strong military background, he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for Berwickshire in 1980 and Lord Lieutenant from 1989 to 2000. A high point of his tenure was escorting the Stone of Scone back to Scotland in 1996. The Swinton family history and ownership of land in Berwickshire can be traced to the early part of the 12th century, when Ernulf de Swinton received one of the first private charters recorded in Scotland which confirmed his property from David I of Scotland (1084-1153). This is one of two original charters of David I kept in the cartulary of Durham; both are to Ernulf and also refer to Ernulf’s father (Udard), grandfather (Liulf) and great-grandfather (Eadulf) as holding the land before him. This would make Eadulf the first landowner of Scotland whose ownership could be proved, and means that the Swinton family would by this hypothesis be one of only three (the two others being the Arden and Berkeley families) that could trace its unbroken land ownership and lineage to before the Norman Conquest, making it one of the oldest landed families in Britain. Kimmerghame itself was the site of an earlier house, the home of Sir Andrew Home in the 1730s. The lands and estate of Kimmerghame came into the ownership of the family of Swinton in 1776 when Archibald Swinton of Manderston married Henrietta Campbell of Blythswood in Glasgow. This older house was demolished and rebuilt in the early 1850s, the architect being the celebrated David Bryce, who employed some materials from the older house. Bryce’s Scots Baronial house was substantially damaged by fire in 1938 and only partially rebuilt. The family still retains Kimmerghame and its contents. Captain Archibald Swinton (1731-1804) went to India in the service of the East India Company as a surgeon. He reached Madras in 1752 and took part in the campaigns being waged between the French and English Companies for supremacy in the south. He also took part in an expedition 1756-57 to Negrais in Burma. He reached eastern India for the first time in 1759 when he arrived at Ganjam in Orissa and from there went on to Calcutta. He also transferred from being a surgeon to an ensignship in the Company’s Bengal army. When Archibald Swinton left the Company’s service at the end of 1765, he took with him a letter from the Emperor to King George III asking for help to reseat him on the throne of his ancestors, since Clive would not do so unilaterally; Swinton took a munshi with him in case the answer should be written in Persian. So ‘Captain Swinton, bringing with him the Munshy (sic) (and including in his baggage the large Indian jars, the Indian pictures, Chinese pictures painted on glass, numberless ivory, silver and crystal handled arms, jewels, Persian books, etc. etc.), sailed from India …’ The important group of Indian paintings and other works of art are now in the care of the National Museum of Scotland having been accepted by the nation in lieu of inheritance tax. The Swinton family have had strong connections with the Army and the legal profession. Part of their impressive collection was sold at our saleroom in Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings and Works of Art sale on 23 Feb 2022.
Lot 152
OX-BLOOD-GLAZED LANGYAO MEIPING VASE QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY 清 紅釉郎窯小梅瓶 the high shouldered baluster body rising from a spreading foot to a waisted neck and terminating to a flared rim, covered overall with a rich red glaze thinning on the mouth, the foot suffused with hints of blue and lavender colours, a network of fine crackle throughout, the base with an ivory white glaze with a fine network of crackle, with a carved wooden lid(13cm high)Provenance: Kimmerghame, Duns, the Estate of the Late Major General Sir John Swinton K.C.V.O., O.B.E., D.L. (1925-2018) Major General Sir John Swinton began his military career in 1944 with the Scots Guards, rising in rank to Major General in 1976. He was also Brigadier of the Queen’s Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers) in 1977, and retired from Army life in 1979. With his strong military background, he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for Berwickshire in 1980 and Lord Lieutenant from 1989 to 2000. A high point of his tenure was escorting the Stone of Scone back to Scotland in 1996. The Swinton family history and ownership of land in Berwickshire can be traced to the early part of the 12th century, when Ernulf de Swinton received one of the first private charters recorded in Scotland which confirmed his property from David I of Scotland (1084-1153). This is one of two original charters of David I kept in the cartulary of Durham; both are to Ernulf and also refer to Ernulf’s father (Udard), grandfather (Liulf) and great-grandfather (Eadulf) as holding the land before him. This would make Eadulf the first landowner of Scotland whose ownership could be proved, and means that the Swinton family would by this hypothesis be one of only three (the two others being the Arden and Berkeley families) that could trace its unbroken land ownership and lineage to before the Norman Conquest, making it one of the oldest landed families in Britain. Kimmerghame itself was the site of an earlier house, the home of Sir Andrew Home in the 1730s. The lands and estate of Kimmerghame came into the ownership of the family of Swinton in 1776 when Archibald Swinton of Manderston married Henrietta Campbell of Blythswood in Glasgow. This older house was demolished and rebuilt in the early 1850s, the architect being the celebrated David Bryce, who employed some materials from the older house. Bryce’s Scots Baronial house was substantially damaged by fire in 1938 and only partially rebuilt. The family still retains Kimmerghame and its contents. Captain Archibald Swinton (1731-1804) went to India in the service of the East India Company as a surgeon. He reached Madras in 1752 and took part in the campaigns being waged between the French and English Companies for supremacy in the south. He also took part in an expedition 1756-57 to Negrais in Burma. He reached eastern India for the first time in 1759 when he arrived at Ganjam in Orissa and from there went on to Calcutta. He also transferred from being a surgeon to an ensignship in the Company’s Bengal army. When Archibald Swinton left the Company’s service at the end of 1765, he took with him a letter from the Emperor to King George III asking for help to reseat him on the throne of his ancestors, since Clive would not do so unilaterally; Swinton took a munshi with him in case the answer should be written in Persian. So ‘Captain Swinton, bringing with him the Munshy (sic) (and including in his baggage the large Indian jars, the Indian pictures, Chinese pictures painted on glass, numberless ivory, silver and crystal handled arms, jewels, Persian books, etc. etc.), sailed from India …’ The important group of Indian paintings and other works of art are now in the care of the National Museum of Scotland having been accepted by the nation in lieu of inheritance tax. The Swinton family have had strong connections with the Army and the legal profession. Part of their impressive collection was sold at our saleroom in Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings and Works of Art sale on 23 Feb 2022.Note: a slightly larger (17.8 cm high) red-glazed vase similar in the Meiping shape and ox-blood colour, dated to the Kangxi period, is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number: 14.40.70
Lot 153
TURQUOISE-GLAZED HANDLED VASE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 孔雀綠釉獸耳瓶 rising from a short foot to globular body, waisted neck and wide flared mouth, two makara heads with water emerging from mouth flanking the neck forming a pair of loop handles, covered overall and save for the base with a translucent bright turquoise crackled glaze, the base covered in a thin layer of transparent glaze and revealing the greyish-white body(28cm high)Provenance: Kimmerghame, Duns, the Estate of the Late Major General Sir John Swinton K.C.V.O., O.B.E., D.L. (1925-2018) Major General Sir John Swinton began his military career in 1944 with the Scots Guards, rising in rank to Major General in 1976. He was also Brigadier of the Queen’s Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers) in 1977, and retired from Army life in 1979. With his strong military background, he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for Berwickshire in 1980 and Lord Lieutenant from 1989 to 2000. A high point of his tenure was escorting the Stone of Scone back to Scotland in 1996. The Swinton family history and ownership of land in Berwickshire can be traced to the early part of the 12th century, when Ernulf de Swinton received one of the first private charters recorded in Scotland which confirmed his property from David I of Scotland (1084-1153). This is one of two original charters of David I kept in the cartulary of Durham; both are to Ernulf and also refer to Ernulf’s father (Udard), grandfather (Liulf) and great-grandfather (Eadulf) as holding the land before him. This would make Eadulf the first landowner of Scotland whose ownership could be proved, and means that the Swinton family would by this hypothesis be one of only three (the two others being the Arden and Berkeley families) that could trace its unbroken land ownership and lineage to before the Norman Conquest, making it one of the oldest landed families in Britain. Kimmerghame itself was the site of an earlier house, the home of Sir Andrew Home in the 1730s. The lands and estate of Kimmerghame came into the ownership of the family of Swinton in 1776 when Archibald Swinton of Manderston married Henrietta Campbell of Blythswood in Glasgow. This older house was demolished and rebuilt in the early 1850s, the architect being the celebrated David Bryce, who employed some materials from the older house. Bryce’s Scots Baronial house was substantially damaged by fire in 1938 and only partially rebuilt. The family still retains Kimmerghame and its contents. Captain Archibald Swinton (1731-1804) went to India in the service of the East India Company as a surgeon. He reached Madras in 1752 and took part in the campaigns being waged between the French and English Companies for supremacy in the south. He also took part in an expedition 1756-57 to Negrais in Burma. He reached eastern India for the first time in 1759 when he arrived at Ganjam in Orissa and from there went on to Calcutta. He also transferred from being a surgeon to an ensignship in the Company’s Bengal army. When Archibald Swinton left the Company’s service at the end of 1765, he took with him a letter from the Emperor to King George III asking for help to reseat him on the throne of his ancestors, since Clive would not do so unilaterally; Swinton took a munshi with him in case the answer should be written in Persian. So ‘Captain Swinton, bringing with him the Munshy (sic) (and including in his baggage the large Indian jars, the Indian pictures, Chinese pictures painted on glass, numberless ivory, silver and crystal handled arms, jewels, Persian books, etc. etc.), sailed from India …’ The important group of Indian paintings and other works of art are now in the care of the National Museum of Scotland having been accepted by the nation in lieu of inheritance tax. The Swinton family have had strong connections with the Army and the legal profession. Part of their impressive collection was sold at our saleroom in Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings and Works of Art sale on 23 Feb 2022.Note: a comparable handled vase, dated to the Kangxi period, was sold at Christie's South Kensington, 5 May 2014, lot 615
Lot 154
SANG-DE-BOEUF BOTTLE VASE QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY 清 紅釉天球瓶 sturdily potted from a recessed foot rising to a bulbous body and straight long neck, applied overall with a thick red glaze thinning on the mouth rim revealing the creamy body, the base covered in an ivory white glaze with a network of fine crackle(39cm high)Provenance: Kimmerghame, Duns, the Estate of the Late Major General Sir John Swinton K.C.V.O., O.B.E., D.L. (1925-2018) Major General Sir John Swinton began his military career in 1944 with the Scots Guards, rising in rank to Major General in 1976. He was also Brigadier of the Queen’s Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers) in 1977, and retired from Army life in 1979. With his strong military background, he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for Berwickshire in 1980 and Lord Lieutenant from 1989 to 2000. A high point of his tenure was escorting the Stone of Scone back to Scotland in 1996. The Swinton family history and ownership of land in Berwickshire can be traced to the early part of the 12th century, when Ernulf de Swinton received one of the first private charters recorded in Scotland which confirmed his property from David I of Scotland (1084-1153). This is one of two original charters of David I kept in the cartulary of Durham; both are to Ernulf and also refer to Ernulf’s father (Udard), grandfather (Liulf) and great-grandfather (Eadulf) as holding the land before him. This would make Eadulf the first landowner of Scotland whose ownership could be proved, and means that the Swinton family would by this hypothesis be one of only three (the two others being the Arden and Berkeley families) that could trace its unbroken land ownership and lineage to before the Norman Conquest, making it one of the oldest landed families in Britain. Kimmerghame itself was the site of an earlier house, the home of Sir Andrew Home in the 1730s. The lands and estate of Kimmerghame came into the ownership of the family of Swinton in 1776 when Archibald Swinton of Manderston married Henrietta Campbell of Blythswood in Glasgow. This older house was demolished and rebuilt in the early 1850s, the architect being the celebrated David Bryce, who employed some materials from the older house. Bryce’s Scots Baronial house was substantially damaged by fire in 1938 and only partially rebuilt. The family still retains Kimmerghame and its contents. Captain Archibald Swinton (1731-1804) went to India in the service of the East India Company as a surgeon. He reached Madras in 1752 and took part in the campaigns being waged between the French and English Companies for supremacy in the south. He also took part in an expedition 1756-57 to Negrais in Burma. He reached eastern India for the first time in 1759 when he arrived at Ganjam in Orissa and from there went on to Calcutta. He also transferred from being a surgeon to an ensignship in the Company’s Bengal army. When Archibald Swinton left the Company’s service at the end of 1765, he took with him a letter from the Emperor to King George III asking for help to reseat him on the throne of his ancestors, since Clive would not do so unilaterally; Swinton took a munshi with him in case the answer should be written in Persian. So ‘Captain Swinton, bringing with him the Munshy (sic) (and including in his baggage the large Indian jars, the Indian pictures, Chinese pictures painted on glass, numberless ivory, silver and crystal handled arms, jewels, Persian books, etc. etc.), sailed from India …’ The important group of Indian paintings and other works of art are now in the care of the National Museum of Scotland having been accepted by the nation in lieu of inheritance tax. The Swinton family have had strong connections with the Army and the legal profession. Part of their impressive collection was sold at our saleroom in Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings and Works of Art sale on 23 Feb 2022.
Lot 155
BLUE AND WHITE AND UNDERGLAZED-RED BOTTLE VASE 20TH CENTURY 二十世紀 青花釉裏紅三多紋膽瓶 the globular body supported on a slightly flared foot, rising to a long straight neck, painted with fruits borne on foliage underneath bands of ruyi, key-fret, and plantain leaves on the neck(37cm high)Provenance: Kimmerghame, Duns, the Estate of the Late Major General Sir John Swinton K.C.V.O., O.B.E., D.L. (1925-2018) Major General Sir John Swinton began his military career in 1944 with the Scots Guards, rising in rank to Major General in 1976. He was also Brigadier of the Queen’s Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers) in 1977, and retired from Army life in 1979. With his strong military background, he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for Berwickshire in 1980 and Lord Lieutenant from 1989 to 2000. A high point of his tenure was escorting the Stone of Scone back to Scotland in 1996. The Swinton family history and ownership of land in Berwickshire can be traced to the early part of the 12th century, when Ernulf de Swinton received one of the first private charters recorded in Scotland which confirmed his property from David I of Scotland (1084-1153). This is one of two original charters of David I kept in the cartulary of Durham; both are to Ernulf and also refer to Ernulf’s father (Udard), grandfather (Liulf) and great-grandfather (Eadulf) as holding the land before him. This would make Eadulf the first landowner of Scotland whose ownership could be proved, and means that the Swinton family would by this hypothesis be one of only three (the two others being the Arden and Berkeley families) that could trace its unbroken land ownership and lineage to before the Norman Conquest, making it one of the oldest landed families in Britain. Kimmerghame itself was the site of an earlier house, the home of Sir Andrew Home in the 1730s. The lands and estate of Kimmerghame came into the ownership of the family of Swinton in 1776 when Archibald Swinton of Manderston married Henrietta Campbell of Blythswood in Glasgow. This older house was demolished and rebuilt in the early 1850s, the architect being the celebrated David Bryce, who employed some materials from the older house. Bryce’s Scots Baronial house was substantially damaged by fire in 1938 and only partially rebuilt. The family still retains Kimmerghame and its contents. Captain Archibald Swinton (1731-1804) went to India in the service of the East India Company as a surgeon. He reached Madras in 1752 and took part in the campaigns being waged between the French and English Companies for supremacy in the south. He also took part in an expedition 1756-57 to Negrais in Burma. He reached eastern India for the first time in 1759 when he arrived at Ganjam in Orissa and from there went on to Calcutta. He also transferred from being a surgeon to an ensignship in the Company’s Bengal army. When Archibald Swinton left the Company’s service at the end of 1765, he took with him a letter from the Emperor to King George III asking for help to reseat him on the throne of his ancestors, since Clive would not do so unilaterally; Swinton took a munshi with him in case the answer should be written in Persian. So ‘Captain Swinton, bringing with him the Munshy (sic) (and including in his baggage the large Indian jars, the Indian pictures, Chinese pictures painted on glass, numberless ivory, silver and crystal handled arms, jewels, Persian books, etc. etc.), sailed from India …’ The important group of Indian paintings and other works of art are now in the care of the National Museum of Scotland having been accepted by the nation in lieu of inheritance tax. The Swinton family have had strong connections with the Army and the legal profession. Part of their impressive collection was sold at our saleroom in Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings and Works of Art sale on 23 Feb 2022.
Lot 156
PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE 'COVERT EIGHT IMMORTALS' PLATES QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 清 粉彩暗八仙紋盤（一對） each painted to the central medallion with attributes of Eight Daoist Immortals, including a double-gourd, sword, plantain fan, fish drum, flute, castanets, basket of flowers, and lotus, all borne on ribbons, resting on a large leaf issuing out luscious peonies, all beneath floral and auspicious emblem panels against a pink diaper and swirling ground band(32cm diameter each)Provenance: Kimmerghame, Duns, the Estate of the Late Major General Sir John Swinton K.C.V.O., O.B.E., D.L. (1925-2018) Major General Sir John Swinton began his military career in 1944 with the Scots Guards, rising in rank to Major General in 1976. He was also Brigadier of the Queen’s Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers) in 1977, and retired from Army life in 1979. With his strong military background, he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for Berwickshire in 1980 and Lord Lieutenant from 1989 to 2000. A high point of his tenure was escorting the Stone of Scone back to Scotland in 1996. The Swinton family history and ownership of land in Berwickshire can be traced to the early part of the 12th century, when Ernulf de Swinton received one of the first private charters recorded in Scotland which confirmed his property from David I of Scotland (1084-1153). This is one of two original charters of David I kept in the cartulary of Durham; both are to Ernulf and also refer to Ernulf’s father (Udard), grandfather (Liulf) and great-grandfather (Eadulf) as holding the land before him. This would make Eadulf the first landowner of Scotland whose ownership could be proved, and means that the Swinton family would by this hypothesis be one of only three (the two others being the Arden and Berkeley families) that could trace its unbroken land ownership and lineage to before the Norman Conquest, making it one of the oldest landed families in Britain. Kimmerghame itself was the site of an earlier house, the home of Sir Andrew Home in the 1730s. The lands and estate of Kimmerghame came into the ownership of the family of Swinton in 1776 when Archibald Swinton of Manderston married Henrietta Campbell of Blythswood in Glasgow. This older house was demolished and rebuilt in the early 1850s, the architect being the celebrated David Bryce, who employed some materials from the older house. Bryce’s Scots Baronial house was substantially damaged by fire in 1938 and only partially rebuilt. The family still retains Kimmerghame and its contents. Captain Archibald Swinton (1731-1804) went to India in the service of the East India Company as a surgeon. He reached Madras in 1752 and took part in the campaigns being waged between the French and English Companies for supremacy in the south. He also took part in an expedition 1756-57 to Negrais in Burma. He reached eastern India for the first time in 1759 when he arrived at Ganjam in Orissa and from there went on to Calcutta. He also transferred from being a surgeon to an ensignship in the Company’s Bengal army. When Archibald Swinton left the Company’s service at the end of 1765, he took with him a letter from the Emperor to King George III asking for help to reseat him on the throne of his ancestors, since Clive would not do so unilaterally; Swinton took a munshi with him in case the answer should be written in Persian. So ‘Captain Swinton, bringing with him the Munshy (sic) (and including in his baggage the large Indian jars, the Indian pictures, Chinese pictures painted on glass, numberless ivory, silver and crystal handled arms, jewels, Persian books, etc. etc.), sailed from India …’ The important group of Indian paintings and other works of art are now in the care of the National Museum of Scotland having been accepted by the nation in lieu of inheritance tax. The Swinton family have had strong connections with the Army and the legal profession. Part of their impressive collection was sold at our saleroom in Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings and Works of Art sale on 23 Feb 2022.
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