SILENTAUCTION

SATURDAY 1ST FEBRUARY 2020

LOT

INFORMATION

BOOKLET

Silent Auction Information

1. Lots offered for the silent auction are listed in this booklet. Every effort has been made to describe the lots accurately but each lot is offered “as is” without warranty or representation of any kind as to the correctness of description, authenticity or condition.

2. The information in this booklet and physical items

offered will be available for inspection on the night of

the Gala Dinner. 3. Bids may be made by anyone in advance of the dinner

by emailing meghann_hewett@hotmail.com with the lot number and bid.

4. On the evening of the Gala Dinner, only guests at the

dinner will be able to bid on lots. 5. Bidding will take place once guests are seated for

dinner, on bidding slips located on your table. Please clearly fill in your name, lot number and current bid and hand to a silent auction host.

6. Between each course, updates will be given on the

current highest bids for lots. 7. The close of bidding will be announced during the port

course. 8. Payment for lots should be made on the evening by

credit/debit card, cash or cheques made payable to “Kidlington with Hampton Poyle PCC”.

9. On receipt of payment, you will be given either the item

or more information about arranging your lot experience.

Lot information summary

Lot #1

A one-week stay in a beautiful holiday flat

in Bude, Cornwall Lot #2 Christmas Shopping at Clarence House Lot #3

Dinner party for four people prepared in your

own home Lot #4 Wills for a couple or an individual Lot #5 Take a Selfie with the Queen… (Bee)

Lot #6

A Pottery session at Yarnton Pottery with Andrew Hazelden

Lot #7

Private Pilates class for up to six people Lot #8 Learn to make sourdough bread Lot #9

A tour of the St Mary’s organ

Lot #10

Original artwork by local artist, James Hamilton – “Kidlington’s fields – Walking the dog” (2020)

Lot #11

Original artwork by local artist, James Hamilton – “Kidlington’s fields – The path across” (2019)

Lot #12

Original artwork by local artist, James Hamilton – “Four apple trees, Kidlington” (2014)

Lot #13

Original oil painting of St Mary’s Church Lot #14

Handmade wrought-iron fireguard

Lot #15 A two-tiered celebration cake with a rose decoration for an occasion of your choosing

Lot #16 Gainsborough – A Portrait by James Hamilton

Lot #17 Britannia: Icon on the Coin by Katharine Eustace

Lot #18

Superior bottles of Kidlington 2020 red wine

A one-week stay in a two-bedroom flat in Bude, Cornwall, for the week of Saturday 25th July through to Sunday 2nd August. This is an amazing opportunity for a family or a couple to get away and enjoy North Cornwall in a homely and comfortable environment. The flat is on two floors. Upstairs has a double bed and two singles, and would be ideal for a family. There is also plenty of space for an air bed in both of the bedrooms if the family has more than two children. There are two bathrooms (one with a shower and one with a bath). Downstairs is an open plan kitchen area and a lounge/diner area. There is a hallway and downstairs toilet. The flat is very centrally located, with the beach a few minutes’ walk away, a supermarket literally one minute’s walk away and a golf club five minutes’ walk away. The sea at Bude is great for surfing and body-boarding and there are lifeguards in place through the summer. There is also a sea pool that can be used when the tide is out. The South West Coast footpath also provides some great walking options either north or south.

Lot #1

A one-week stay in a beautiful holiday flat in Bude, Cornwall

A visit to Clarence House, London - the home of The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall - for some Christmas shopping. In November, the Highgrove Shop comes to Clarence House at the invitation of their Royal Highnesses, and members of the household and friends are invited to come and choose from a unique range of gifts in aid of the Prince’s Charitable Fund, while enjoying a glass of champagne. This prize offers the chance for two people to come as the guests of The Venerable David Meara on a date to be chosen in November 2020, and includes £50 to spend in the shop. The visit lasts for approximately one hour, and further details (including security information) will be given to the winner.

Donated by:

The Venerable David Meara

Lot #2

Christmas Shopping at Clarence House

You will meet with the solicitor to give your instructions about what you want to put in your will, and receive advice at the appointment. (The venue to be agreed and can be in Kidlington). The wills will then be drafted, sent to you for approval and you will have a second meeting at which they will be signed.

Donated by:

Diana Davis, Solicitor. Chandler Ray Solicitors, 22 West Street, Buckingham MK18 1HG. (Diana lives in Kidlington)

Lot #3

Wills for a couple or an individual

Enjoy a four-course dinner for four people prepared for you in the comfort of your own home. The menu will be decided by the winner of the lot.

Donated by:

Katie Slade

Lot #4

Dinner party prepared in your own home

A unique opportunity to meet the queen! You will be chauffeured to and from the former Royal Forest of Shotover on a fine spring day in 2020 (date to be agreed), where you will be provided with appropriate robes. Once attired in proper regalia, Andy Pedley, a bee keeper with nearly 30 years’ experience, will open the hives and take you on a voyage to discover the wonderful queendom of the honey bee, and a chance to take a selfie with the Queen (bee).

This will be followed by refreshments on the terrace, and a sample of Shotover honey to take home with you.

Up to two guests can be accommodated on this very special trip.

Donated by:

Andy Pedley

Lot #5

Take a Selfie with the Queen… (Bee)

A unique chance to experience a working Pottery and have a go at pottery for yourself. This prize offers a one and a half hour session where you can have a go on the potter’s wheel and also learn about other hand building techniques. Materials and kiln firing are included.

Donated by:

Andrew Hazelden, Yarnton Pottery, www.yarntonpottery.net

Lot #6

A Pottery session at Yarnton Pottery with Andrew Hazelden

Have you ever thought about trying Pilates? Have you done Pilates in the past and want to try it again? Would you like the chance to have fun with a group of friends in a private Pilates class? Nina is a qualified physiotherapist and Pilates instructor and will take you and up to five others through a personal one hour Pilates class. Any age and fitness welcome! The class will be held in St Mary’s Refectory at a mutually convenient date and time. Donated by:

Nina Eagle

Lot #7

Private Pilates class for up to six people

This experience is for you and up to three friends to learn how to make sourdough bread. You will receive a sourdough starter, be assisted in preparing it to make a sourdough loaf, over the course a day and will cook it the next morning. This experience will be about 1 hour on a Saturday morning, returning Saturday mid/late afternoon for about 2 hours (how about using the time lapse in the afternoon to catch up with your friends who are with you?) Bread flour and cloth liner will be provided. You will need to bring your own basin and have a lidded casserole dish for cooking. Donated by:

Diana Davis

Lot #8

Learn to make Sourdough bread

Have you ever wondered how our magnificent pipe organ works, or been curious to try out your skills playing it? Would you like to know your “bombarde” from your “en chamade”?! Our Director of Music, David Hewett, is offering a one-hour organ lesson in which he will explain the mechanics of how the instrument produces such a wide range of sounds, what all the keys, pedals, stops and pipes are for, and how the organist controls such a formidable machine. The winner will have the opportunity to play the organ and receive some basic tuition in organ-playing technique. No previous organ/keyboard experience required - the lesson will be tailored to the winner's interests and ability. David is offering three lessons, to the top three bidders.

Donated by:

Dr David Hewett, St Mary’s Director of Music

Lot #9

A tour of the St Mary’s organ

The artwork is entitled “Kidlington’s fields – Walking the dog” and was painted in Jan 2020 by James Hamilton. The medium is gouache, pen and ink and the painting is framed and mounted.

Donated by:

James Hamilton

Lot #10

Original artwork by local artist, James Hamilton

The painting is entitled “Kidlington’s fields – The path across” and was painted in Spring 2019 by James Hamilton. The medium is watercolour and pen and ink and the painting is framed and mounted.

Donated by:

James Hamilton

Lot #11

Original artwork by local artist, James Hamilton

The artwork is entitled “Four apple trees, Kidlington” and was painted in April 2014 by James Hamilton. The medium is watercolour and pen and ink and the painting is framed and mounted.

Donated by:

James Hamilton

Lot #12

Original artwork by local artist, James Hamilton

An original oil painting of St Mary’s Church, viewed from the field between the Almshouses and 104/106 Church Street. Painted by a local artist in 1999 and sold as part of the St Mary’s Spire fundraising campaign. A lovely opportunity to purchase an original painting of the Church. The painting is framed with a wooden frame and measures 27”x23” including the frame (painting is 19.5”x15.5”). Donated by:

Elaine Marsland

Lot #13

Original oil painting of St Mary’s Church

A beautiful handmade wrought-iron fire guard. This was originally given to the Revd Tony and Mrs Susan Knox in the late 50s/early 60s when they moved from a Parish in Sussex. It was handmade in Sussex and was given as a reminder of the county’s iron work. Donated by:

Susan Knox

Lot #14

Handmade wrought-iron fireguard

A two-tiered Madeira celebration cake with either a cascade of roses down the side or rose decoration around the cake. Perfect for a special birthday or anniversary. Can be prepared for any date of your choice with your own choice of colours.

Donated by:

Meghann Hewett

Lot #15

A two-tiered celebration cake with a rose decoration

The book on offer, published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (2017), is a first edition, hardback, to be signed by the author on the night, and inscribed to the purchaser.

Donated by:

James Hamilton

Lot #16

Gainsborough – A Portrait by James Hamilton

“Frank, lucid and modern, this is a fresh portrait of

Thomas Gainsborough, the most sensuous artist of

the eighteenth century.

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) lived as if electricity shot through his sinews and crackled at

his finger ends. He was a gentle and empathetic

family man, but had a volatility that could lead him

to slash his paintings, and a loose libidinous way of

speaking, writing and behaving that shocked many

deeply. He would be dynamite in polite society

today.

In this exhilarating new biography – the first in decades – James Hamilton reveals Gainsborough in

his many contexts: the easy-going Suffolk lad,

transported to the heights of fashion by a natural

talent; the rake-on-the-make in London, learning

his art in the shadow of Hogarth; falling on his feet

when he married a duke’s daughter with a handsome private income; the top society-portrait

painter in Bath and London who earned huge sums

by bringing the right people into his studio; the

charming and amusing friend of George III and

Queen Charlotte who nevertheless kept clear of the

aristocratic embrace.

There has been much art history written about this chameleon of art, but with fresh insights into

original sources, GAINSBOROUGH: A PORTRAIT

transforms our understanding of this fascinating

man, and enlightens the century that bore him.”

The book on offer, published by the Royal Mint Museum (2016), is hardback, and will be signed by the author on the night, and inscribed to the purchaser.

Donated by:

Katharine Eustace

Lot #17

Britannia: Icon on the Coin by Katharine Eustace

“Britannia has been part of the identity of Britain for

200 years, appearing as a symbol of the country

first on Roman coins and later on coins of Britain from the seventeenth century. The art historian

Katharine Eustace traces the story back to ancient

times, unearthing a record of this most powerful and

successful of national symbols through sculpture

and public monuments, paintings and posters,

signage and cartoons. Britannia has occupied a place in national life and popular culture but more

than anywhere else it has been on the coinage

where she has made her home and is most readily

recognised.

The purpose of this lavishly illustrated book is to explore the sources and inspiration behind the

image of Britannia on the coinage. Along the way,

whether through history, politics or economics, as

well as through the influence of artistic movements,

Katharine Eustace clearly explains why Britannia

has changed and why quite often she has remained the same. It is an enthralling story and a biography

in images, told with authority ad style, of a nation’s

fortunes embodied in female form.”

Foreword by Sir Roy Strong

Selected and especially labelled for your table by Kidlington’s own local micro-

bar, why not try this Superior wine from France: a designation arising from the

higher quality standards to which viticulturists and vintners must adhere in order to have Supérieur on their wine label.

There are three bottles of this wine available for auction and they will

go to the three highest bidders.

* BORDEAUX SUPERIEUR VINTAGE 2015 Bordeaux Supérieur can originate anywhere in the Bordeaux Region, yet from

the areas closer to Saint-Émilion - as is this Chateau de Courtebotte from the

Entre-deux Mers - the result of this northerly bias brings a difference which adds

to the creation of a superior wine with a richer and more complex flavour. As

the name suggests, the designation Bordeaux Supérieur promises to offer a

superior version of Bordeaux appellation d'origine contrôlée wines. Under the strict guidelines of French appellation law for a Bordeaux to be classified as

Supérieur it must come from a vineyard that is planted more densely, but there

is more. The elevated status of Bordeaux Supérieur is further defined by use of

older vines; densely planted vineyards; required ripeness of fruit and natural

sugar levels upon harvest; lower harvest yields; minimum 10.5% ABV - 12-

month minimum barrel ageing requirement. There must be 4,500 plants per hectare with a distance of 2.2 meters between rows, compared to 4,000 plants

per hectare with a distance of 2.5 meters between rows for regular Bordeaux.

This higher density makes it harder for the plants to survive creating stronger

deeper roots, and healthier vines for the ones that do. The regulations also

stipulate a lower yield, about 10 percent lower per hectare, which allows each

vine to maximize the nutrients received by the grapes that have not been pruned. The grapes must also be picked riper at harvest with higher natural

sugar levels resulting in at least a 10 percent natural alcohol level - a slight bit

higher than the 9.5 percent minimum for regular Bordeaux. Chateau De

Courbotte is a family estate whose vineyards are located on an excellent terroir

which produces fine, elegant wines with great aromatic complexity. A classic

blend of Merlot 60% and Cabernet Sauvignon 40%.

* This wine benefits from aeration hence recommended is decanting for around

an hour or so before accompanying a meal or before pouring a first glass.

Selected and donated by:

Drunk Dry: Kidlington’s micro-bar, www.drunkdry.co.uk, 12 Banbury Road, Kidlington, OX5 2BT

Lot #18

A superior bottle of Kidlington 2020 red wine