A gilt-bronze mantel clock
Paris, circa 1855. Movement by Japy Frères, case in the form of a burning globe. Running, and two minutes fast.
Est. 9,000 — 14,000
Bellweather & Crane
Auctioneers & Valuers — established 1881
Nine hundred and forty lots, from one house.
The Ferrand estate was assembled over sixty-one years by a woman who never sold anything and never explained why she bought it. It is offered whole, over three consecutive days, and it will not be assembled again.
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Twelve of nine hundred and forty. The printed catalogue runs to four hundred pages and weighs rather more than it should.
Nineteen Venetian mirrors
Offered as one lot at the family's instruction. Sizes from 40cm to 2.4m. Four are cracked and were never replaced.
Est. 22,000 — 40,000
A pair of blue john urns
Derbyshire, late 18th century, on ormolu bases. Purchased at Christie's in 1974 and not moved since.
Est. 30,000 — 45,000
The dining chairs, thirty-two
Carved giltwood, Louis XVI style, upholstered in sapphire silk velvet. The table seats fourteen.
Est. 18,000 — 26,000
A ceiling, in eleven sections
Painted canvas, allegorical, removed intact from the first-floor landing in 2024 under supervision.
Est. 60,000 — 90,000
Four hundred candle sconces
Assorted, brass and silver-plate, some in original tissue. Sold as found, in seventeen crates.
Est. 7,000 — 11,000
An unopened crate
Marked Genoa, 1968. The consignors have declined to open it and it is offered exactly as it stands.
Est. 500 — 40,000
A rock crystal chandelier
Twenty-four lights, approximately 4,000 drops. Requires two people and a week to rehang.
Est. 55,000 — 80,000
The marble floor of the salon
Sienna, statuary and portoro, laid 1902 in a compass rose. Lifted and numbered; a plan accompanies.
Est. 40,000 — 70,000
Sixty-one appointment diaries
1963 to 2024, one per year, complete. Almost every page is blank.
Est. 300 — 600
A four-poster bed
Giltwood and blue velvet, the tester with a painted interior sky. Dismantled; all fixings present.
Est. 25,000 — 38,000
The front door
Offered last, by the family's request, and only after the house itself has been cleared.
Est. 1,000 — 3,000
Sale schedule
Three consecutive days. Lots are offered in numerical order and the room does not thin out.
Tuesday 14 October
Lots 1 — 320. Clocks, bronzes, mirrors and lighting.
10:00 — 18:00Wednesday 15 October
Lots 321 — 660. Furniture, textiles, and the architectural removals.
10:00 — 19:00Thursday 16 October
Lots 661 — 940. Contents of the upper floors, the cellars, and the house itself.
10:00 — until finished"She bought a thing whenever a room felt unfinished, and no room was ever finished."The executor, in the catalogue foreword