Devoted hunter and art collector Captain Edward "Teddy" Cazenove was born on 11 June 1923. He was brought up by his New York-born mother, Edith, at the family house of Cottesbrooke in Northamptonshire. Cazenove was educated at Eton and Oxford, where he took every chance he could to hunt.
Shortly after graduating from Oxford, he joined the Army and served diligently throughout the Second World War. He was taken prisoner in France in 1944 and was wounded attempting to escape. After the war, instead of following in his father's footsteps and joining the family firm of stockbrokers, which had been established in the 1820s, Cazenove chose to do what he loved best. He settled in Pytchley, Northamptonshire, to hunt. Highly skilled and consistently enthusiastic, Cazenove became Master of hunts in England, Scotland and Ireland. He died aged 77 in 2000.
Highlights of the collection include an interesting collection of paintings of hounds, including “Southwold Deemster”, a portrait of a standing hound by George Plaice (1854-1925) (estimate: £300-500 all figures exclude buyer’s premium), and Foxhound Moving Across a Field by Charles Walter Simpson (1885-1971) (estimate: £300-500).
Also on offer in the collection are numerous walking sticks, including a Late Victorian Silver-Mounted Walking Stick, London,1898 with the handle modelled as a hare with glass eyes (estimate: £150-200), cold-painted bronze figures, a Set of Eight James Kent Old Foley China Stirrup Cups modelled as horses’ heads (estimate: £80-120), coaching and hunting horns, and a range of other hunting-themed items.
4th January 2025, 09:30
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