The Streatfeild Collection
Click here to view The Streatfeild Collection, lots 237 - 266
The following lots are offered from a private collection relating to the Streatfeild family of Chiddingstone, Kent, an important English landed family with a history spanning more than five centuries.
Lot 243 , A. Allan, 18th century, Portrait miniature of a gentleman, by repute Henry Streatfeild (1679-1747)
The family’s prominence dates from the 16th century, with Robert Streatfeild (1514–1599) regarded as its principal progenitor. Their early wealth was closely associated with the Wealden iron industry, and over succeeding generations the Streatfeilds became significant landowners across Kent, Sussex and Surrey.
Lot 246: Attributed to Joseph Tymewell, fl.1721-1737, Head and shoulders portrait of Henry Streatfeild (c. 1706-1762) as a young boy.
From the 16th century until the Second World War, the family’s seat was Chiddingstone Castle, at the heart of one of England’s best-preserved historic villages. The estate was sold to Lord Astor in 1938.
Lot 247: Joseph Tymewell, fl.1721-1737, Portrait of Elizabeth Beard Streatfeild (c. 1684-1749).
Descended through the Streatfeild family, the collection includes notable 18th- and 19th-century family portraits, alongside other important pictures.
Lot 253 , Richard Buckner, 1812-1883, Half-length portrait of Lt. Col. Henry Dorrien Streatfeild (1825-1889).
The clocks are a smaller but particularly distinguished group, led by a repeating carriage clock by James McCabe, the celebrated London maker with a significant international clientele, particularly in India, and a strut clock by Thomas Cole, made for Tessier & Sons.
Lot 264 , James McCabe, a fine English double fusee carriage clock.
Lot 265 , An early Victorian engraved gilt brass strut timepiece, by Thomas Cole for Tessier & Sons.
Important volumes from the Streatfeild family library will also be offered in our Books & Manuscripts auction on 15 December.
click here to view The Streatfeild Collection, lots 237 - 266.
