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A stone-built house of Elizabethan origin, Morville was altered and I have been a passionate collector for over fifty years. In 1957, enlarged circa 1750, and it was these mid-18th century alterations aged twelve and in my first year at Grammar School, I bought an which inspired us to supplement our oak collection with 18th century mahogany and walnut furniture, pieces that would early 18th century painting of a judge from Mr Brown’s antique complement the fine 18th century panelled interiors at Morville. shop in Hyde, Cheshire. It cost £8, the proceeds saved from a Saturday morning butcher’s round which paid 4s 6d per week. I Now, after seventeen happy years at Morville, we are downsizing proudly carried it back to my parent’s house on the bus. to a smaller house built in the reign of Queen Anne, and are thus forced, reluctantly, to part with are 16th and 17th century oak After graduating from University, I was employed in the computer furniture. industry, first for IBM and then for Hitachi, where I worked until my retirement three years ago. Despite working full-time, my We will particularly miss the fine six-legged table inlaid with the enthusiasm for collecting continued to gather momentum, and date 1658 [Lot 103], the grand and impressive tester bed probably from the 1960s to the 1990s I bought mostly oak furniture. Many made for the Ratcliffes of Ordsall Hall [Lot 197], the two striking of the first pieces in my collection came from Maurice Goldstone inlaid court cupboards from Yorkshire [Lots 14 and 40] and the in Bakewell, an enthusiastic and knowledgeable tutor. important Elizabethan cupboard made to stand in the Hall at Churche’s Mansion, Nantwich [Lot 123], amongst others. As my career developed, I furnished my homes at Thornton Hall in West Yorkshire, and subsequently Handforth Hall in Cheshire, It has been a privilege to have been the custodians of these pieces, with the ever-growing oak collection, with pieces sourced from and we very much hope that they will inspire and bring pleasure established dealers and leading auction houses. In 1985, I married to the next generation of collectors. Sara, and we collected together, filling Handforth Hall with carefully chosen, handsome pieces. Dr Chris Douglas, 2014 Watercolour of Handforth Hall The Oak Interior | 3 4 | Bonhams The Oak Interior | 5 6 | Bonhams 3 Lots 1 - 18: The Dining Room 4 A Charles I oak refectory-type table, circa 1640 and later 1 Having a triple-boarded cleated top, over gently-domed frieze-rails, each A Charles II lignum vitae wassail bowl, circa 1670 frieze carved with boss centred entwined ovals, the two long friezes Having a flared rim and slightly tapering body turned with raised reeded each with the addition of an integral scroll-cut central spandrel and bands, on a waisted stem and a moulded and spreading circular foot, conforming end-spandrels, all raised on inverted baluster and ring- 19.5cm diameter x 20.5cm high (7.5in diameter x 8in high) turned legs, joined by plain peripheral stretchers which unusually taper £1,500 - 2,000 on each inner-face, restorations, 192.5cm wide x 72cm deep x 78.5cm high, (75 1/2in wide x 28in deep x 30 1/2in high) 2 £2,000 - 3,000 A tapestry and velvet runner Incorporating a 17th/18th century Flemish tapestry border fragment, Provenance: Purchased Gilbert Morris, Ffynnongroyw, Flintshire, 1966. woven in coloured wools with silk highlights with birds perched amidst a profusion of flowers and foliage, with later surround of crimson velvet, 5 trimmed with metallic ribbon, 181cm wide x 44cm high (71in wide x A pair of tapestry cushions 17in high) Incorporating 17th/18th century tapestry panels, within cream-coloured £150 - 200 fringed edging and against a light brown velvet ground, 38cm wide (15in wide), (2) Provenance: Purchased Christie’s, 12th March 2003, Costume & Textiles £100 - 150 including the John Parry Needlework Collection, Lot 168. Provenance: Purchased Joanna Booth, Kings Road, London. 3 A late 16th/early 17th century salt-glazed stoneware Bellarmine 6 bottle, Rhenish A Charles I and later oak joint stool, with associated upholstered With four reeds around the rim and bearded mask with finely drawn seat, circa 1640 and later features applied to the neck, the body with three oval medallions each of The stuff-over seat with integral squab-cushion upholstered in claret sixteen petals or segments, the medallions spaced by a pair of ‘Tudor’- velvet, raised on parallel-baluster and vase-turned legs, joined by plain type roses, with scattered splashes of an inky blue glaze, 29cm high stretchers, 42cm wide x 29cm deep x 60cm high, (16 1/2in wide x 11in (11.5in high) deep x 23 1/2in high) £800 - 1,200 £300 - 500 Provenance: Purchased Maurice Goldstone, Avenel Court, Bakewell, Derbyshire, 1963.