Built in 1713 The Old Rectory near Canterbury is considered one of Kent’s finest small Queen Anne country houses.
A number of Irish lots feature at the sale of contents of The Old Rectory in Kent at Bonhams in London on March 12. They are from the collection of architect, interior decorator and garden designer Giles Newby Vincent, whose Belgravia based company Giles Vincent Design numbers Elton John and Lord Heseltine among its clients. The outstanding private collection of carefully selected pieces ranges from fine early 18th century furniture, painting and silver to Delftware and antique textiles. Among the Irish pieces are a George III silver table, a chairback settee of similar vintage, an 18th century bog oak kettle stand and a George II Irish silver mug by Thomas Sutton, Dublin 1727.
The collection is to be sold to fund Giles’s latest project – refurbishing a dilapidated old villa in the South of France overlooking the sea near Saint Tropez. He comments; “Although I love many of these pieces – it has been a labour of love to assemble them – it is time for a new chapter. I hope they will now find new owners who will appreciate them as much as I have.” The Old Rectory near Canterbury will be offered for sale in spring 2014.
A George III Irish carved mahogany silver table (£5,000-8,000). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
A very small 18th century Irish bog oak kettle stand (£2,000-3,000). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
A George III mahogany double chairback settee (£5,000-7,000). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
A George II Irish silver mug by Thomas Sutton Dublin 1727 (£1,000-1,500). UPDATE: THE tankard sold for £1,250.