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Sept 2024

Last Updated: 16/09/2024
Masham
Masham

Baroness Masham's items sold for £425,900 at auction

by Jessica McKeown

| 16 Sept, 2024
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Dykes Hill House. Image: Croft Residential and Baroness Masham of Ilton

Items belonging to an aristocratic home in Masham have sold for £425,900 following an auction.

The Swinton Sale has raised the figure for 328 items from Dykes Hill House near Masham.

The auction of the belongings of the late Baroness Masham was held by Tennants Auctioneers last Friday (13th).

The late Baroness was the widow of David Yarbugh Cunliffe-Lister, the 2nd Earl of Swinton who passed away in 2006. He built Dykes Hill House in the 1960s for his bride who had been thrown from her horse and paralysed from the waist down shortly before their marriage.

The Baroness, Susan Cunliffe-Lister, was a former Paralympic athlete, founder and President of the Spinal Injuries Association and a crossbench member in the House of Lords. She died on March 12, 2023. 

The Swinton Estate spans approximately 20,000 acres. Dykes Hill House is situated next to Swinton, spanning 3.7 acres with the house itself over 6000 square feet. The house has been sold by Croft Residential with a guide price of £1,200,000. 

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A Gold-Mounted Agate Snuff Box, with Pseudo Marks for Paris
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Pair of French Gilt-Metal-Mounted Chinese Turquoise-Glazed Vases and Covers
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View of Santa Maria della Salute at the Entrance to the Grand Canal in Venice, attributed to a Follower of Bernardo Bellotto

Some of the lots that were sold are pictured above. The figures listed do not include the buyer’s premium which is paid to the auctioneers.

The first image depicts a Gold-Mounted Agate Snuff Box, with Pseudo Marks for Paris, perhaps made in Hanau in the 19th century and modelled as a dolphin, which sold for £25,000.

The second image is of the Pair of French Gilt-Metal-Mounted Chinese Turquoise-Glazed Vases and Covers, the porcelain Kangxi, which sold for £15,000.

The third and final image shows the View of Santa Maria della Salute at the Entrance to the Grand Canal in Venice, attributed to a Follower of Bernardo Bellotto which sold for £14,000.

Other items sold include the County Palatine of Lancaster Seal Matrixwhich sold for £10,000 and theDuchy of Lancaster Seal Matrix that sold for £12,000. A George IV Gold Freedom Box sold for £15,000. The box had the maker’s mark of ‘HF’ on it which possibly stands for Henry Flavell and was made in Dublin in 1826.

The highest lot sold was the 19th Century Gilt Bronze Geuridon, possibly Russian at £40,000. 

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