Excellent results at 10th anniversary sale

FURNITURE that once belonged to Queen Victoria and formed part of the collection at Windsor Castle helped the 10TH anniversary sale at Moore Allen & Innocent in Cirencester on Friday, May 29, record some excellent results.

The top price of the day was paid for a Holland & Sons centre table, which, until the late 1950s, had been part of the furniture collection at Windsor Castle. Stamped with the royal crest, the initials VR and the date 1866, it achieved £6,400.

Also from the Windsor Castle collection were a pair of Victorian giltwood chairs, which sold for £560, and a giltwood framed dressing screen, which made £400. Like the centre table, both were stamped and assigned to particular rooms within the castle.

Among the other top-selling items were a red Ushak carpet measuring more than five metres by three metres, which sold for £5,400, and a blue Ushak carpet, measuring over four metres by three metres, which sold for £4,400.

A set of 11 Toby jugs depicting First World War leaders made £4,000 – exactly the sum paid for an identical set at Sotheby’s the day before, but with a lower buyers’ premium than that levied by the London auction house.

A 19th century Dutch walnut cabinet, standing at almost two-and-a-half metres tall and over two metres wide, sold for £3,500, and a set of six early 19th century yew wood chairs made £3,000.

In a well-represented jewellery section, a pair of 1930 South Sea pearl and diamond drop earrings with 18 carat yellow and white gold setting achieved £3,200.

The biggest surprise of the day was the £920 paid for a late 18th century porcelain cream jug, which had carried an estimate of £100 to £150.

The sale marked the 10th anniversary of Moore Allen & Innocent’s relocation to purpose-built salerooms at Norcote, just outside Cirencester.

A set of 11 Toby jugs depicting First World War leaders	Furniture from the Windsor Castle collection – a Holland & Sons centre table
Furniture from the Windsor Castle collection – a giltwood framed dressing screen	Furniture from the Windsor Castle collection – a pair of Victorian giltwood chairs