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THE QUENBY HALL COLLECTION Lots 301 - 376 THE QUENBY HALL COLLECTION Property of Squire de Lisle Quenby Hall is '' one of the oldest English estates that has never for 800 years passed out of the possession of one family '' (Country Life, September 1904). The present house of harmonious brick-work faced with stone was built between 1618 and 1636 by George Ashby (1598-1653), High Sheriff of Leicestershire for 1627. Described by Pevsner as '...the most important house in the Elizabethan-Jacobean style in the county of Leicestershire', the immediate gardens are famous for their Cedars of Lebanon. Stilton cheese originated here and was first made by the housekeeper. Quenby remained in the Ashby family until 1904 when the estate was sold to Rosamund, the widow of Edward Seymour-Greaves, who later married Lord Henry Grosvenor. During her time Quenby was restored , having been 'Georgianised' by Shuckburgh Ashby in the mid 18th century and much of the Jacobean interior was reinstated. The estate was then sold in 1924 to Sir Harold Nutting who lived there until his death in 1972. Christie's sold the contents on the premises (23-25 October) when many of the lots offered here were purchased by the de Lisles' who moved from Grace Dieu, also in Leicestershire, to Quenby Hall in the same year. Now that the Hall and Park have been sold once again, the family hope that new collectors will be able to enjoy the furniture and furnishings of this great house.

AN OAK THREE-TIER COURT-CUPBOARD

EARLY 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

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AN OAK THREE-TIER COURT-CUPBOARD
EARLY 17TH CENTURY AND LATER
With bulbous-carved supports and central gadrooned drawer below a dentil and strap-work inlaid upper frieze, with ivorine label 'FROM THE BREADALBANE APARTMENTS, THE PALACE OF HOLYROOD HOUSE' and paper label ' Brought to Taymouth Castle / FROM THE MARQUIS OF BREADALBANE'S APARTMENTS / AT HOLYROOD PALACE / May 16 1860 '
51 ½ in. (131 cm.) high; 51 in. (130 cm.) wide; 21 in. (54 cm.) deep

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This lot formed part of the Holyrood Palace furnishings of the Grace-and-Favour apartment granted to John Campbell, 2nd Marquis of Breadalbane (d. 1862) by Queen Victoria. In 1860 the Queen visited Edinburgh and the Marquis led the Grand Review of the Volunteer Forces in Scotland. This court cupboard was among the Holyrood furnishings removed that year to the Marquis' Perthshire estate at Taymouth Castle.
Part of the Palace was refurnished in the 1740s under the direction of the architect William Adam, and the Young Pretender (Bonnie Prince Charlie) held court there in 1745, followed shortly afterwards by the Duke of Cumberland. It is possible that these furnishings were prized because of their historical associations with the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745.

EARLY 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

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