country sporting sale

12th - 14th October 2022

Lot 201

Two hazel shafted walking sticks, the first with Red Stag horn handle. Length 122 cm, together with a stick with wooden handle. Height 110 cm.

Sold for £25

Lot 202

Three sticks, first with hazel shaft and wooden crook type handle, overall length 112 cm, together with another with alder shaft and handle, 92 cm and a hazel thumb stick, 91 cm.

Sold for £20

Lot 203

Two hazel shafted walking sticks with sheep horn handles, 105 cm and 92 cm respectively.

Sold for £35

Lot 204

A hazel shafted walking stick with sheep's horn handle, overall length 119 cm.

Sold for £70

Lot 205

A hazel shafted walking stick with sheep's horn handle, the shaft with honeysuckle twist which has been carried on through into the horn handle. Overall length 114 cm.

Sold for £55

Lot 206

Two malacca riding crops, one with priest handle the other with stag antler handle, together with a blackthorn walking stick. Crops +/- 69 cm each.

Not Sold

Lot 207

Vincent Balfour-Browne 1880-1963, three signed limited edition prints "The Rendezvous", "Still That Tap Tap Behind" and "Youth and Innocence", all signed in pencil and numbered 72. 27 x 38 cm and 38 x 28 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £55

Lot 208

A plastic rifle case with foam lined interior. Length 124 cm.

Sold for £18

Lot 209

Of American interest, a copper tankard shooting trophy in an Arts and Crafts style from the New England Kennel Club, marked NEKC trap shooting May 18th 1907 Class B JJ Cairnes. Comes with a printed page from The World of Shooting dated March 16th 1907 in which JJ Cairnes is mentioned. Cup measuring 14.5 cm.

Not Sold

Lot 210

A pair of Viper-Flex deer stalking sticks.

Sold for £85

Lot 211

Fourteen books on trapping, shooting, to include "Moles and Their Control" by Guy N Smith and "Animal Traps and Trapping" by James A Bateman.

Sold for £22

Lot 212

Eleven books on guns and shooting, to include "The Treasury Of Sporting Guns" by Charles F Waterman and "Duck Shooting" by Colin Willock.

Sold for £15

Lot 213

Three books "Kenzie The Wild Goose Man" a biography by Colin Willock, signed by McKenzie Thorpe, together with "The Book Of The Woodcock" by Colin Laurie McKelvie, signed and a 1947 Parker Hale catalogue.

Sold for £20

Lot 214

A metal and wooden stick stand, with space for 12 sticks. Height 1 m, width 48 cm, depth 30 cm.

Sold for £25

Lot 215

Ten books on guns, to include "The Complete Book of Shooting" and "Grouse and Gun" by GL Carlisle.

Sold for £18

Lot 216

Eleven books, to include "The Complete Black Powder Handbook" by Sam Fadala and "Small Arms Training" volume 1, 1931.

Sold for £12

Lot 217

John William Wilkinson (Wilk 1906-191994), watercolour cartoon -man on horseback with hounds, signed and dated '93. 24 x 36 cm, mounted.

Sold for £50

Lot 218

Attributed to John William Wilkinson (Wilk 1906-1994), watercolour cartoon, lady with ferret and rabbits. 34 x 29 cm mounted.

Sold for £40

Lot 219

Attributed to John William Wilkinson (Wilk 1906-1994), watercolour cartoon, gentleman jumping a wall with hounds and terriers. 33 x 49 cm mounted.

Sold for £80

Lot 220

John William Wilkinson (Wilk 1906-1994), watercolour cartoon, gentleman with hounds and fox, signed and dated '93. 29 x 47 cm mounted.

Sold for £100

Lot 221

John William Wilkinson (Wilk 1906-1994), watercolour cartoon depicting GV Graham Esq QC Joint Master of The Blencathra Foxhounds entitled "I think he makes a wonderful jorrocks", signed Wilk dated 1989. 44 x 67 cm mounted.

Sold for £200

Lot 222

Eleven books on shooting, "The Double Gun" by Don Zutz and "Prue's Perfect Guide to The Shoot Lunch" by Prue Coates, together with a pair of Tento 20 x 60 binoculars.

Sold for £25

Lot 223

Whyte & MacKay Scotch whisky, five Royal Doulton figures of birds, Snowy Owl, Tawny Owl, Barn Owl, Short Eared Owl and Kestrel.

Sold for £85

Lot 224

Reminiscences of Joe Bowman, reprinted 1980 by Titus Wilson & Son Kendal (Ullswater Foxhounds), together with two albums of Hound Magazine.

Sold for £18

Lot 225

After Herring, four foxhunting coloured engravings, marked to the right JF Herring & Sons and Vincent Brooks Lith London. 17 x 31 cm, mounted and in Hogarth frames.

Sold for £12

Lot 226

A Kayser bronzed pewter plaque depicting a pair of hanging woodcock, signed to the rear with an eagle and Kayser. Length 42 cm, width 28 cm.

Sold for £35

Lot 227

A pair of glass stirrup cups. Height +/- 15 cm.

Sold for £20

Lot 228

Reminiscences of Joe Bowman and The Ullswater Foxhounds, by WC Skelton, published by Atkinson & Pollitt, Westmorland Gazette Office 1923, together with a Masons of Keswick hand coloured photograph of The Blencathra Foxhounds in the Newlands Valley.

Sold for £20

Lot 229

Edith Towler an oil on canvas, portrait of a Spaniel. 50 x 40 cm, dated 1979, framed.

Sold for £38

Lot 230

Haywood Hardy a coloured print "Grouse Shooting", together with two engravings of Pointers, the first 43 x 55 cm.

Sold for £20

Lot 231

Four foxhunting and shooting engravings.

Not Sold

Lot 232

Five prints related to coursing and dogs, to include Herbert Dicksee etc.

Sold for £80

Lot 233

Four limited edition stag hunting prints, 37/500 and with Fine Arts G.B.F.A.S. stamp, first titled "Slipping the Dogs". 36 x 45 cm, framed and mounted, together with "The Bay", "The Battle" and "Defeated".

Not Sold

Lot 234

P.E. Kemp a limited edition print "Wait" depicting foxhounds and terrier 99/250, 52 x 41 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £28

Lot 235

A Victorian lithograph of terriers ratting, 38 x 53 cm in a maple frame, together with two prints of stags and two watercolours by R Fletcher, depicting Red Stag and Roe buck.

Not Sold

Lot 236

Fourteen books on guns, to include "The Hand Loaders Manual of Cartridge Conversions" by John J Donnolly and "Loading The Black Powder Rifle Cartridge" by Paul A Matthews.

Sold for £20

Lot 237

A cruciform bayonet, together with three pieces of trench art, one marked "Allies Bombardment July 7th 1919".

Sold for £40

Lot 238

David Crane a signed limited edition print "For The Love Of It" 74/750 depicting a countryside march, image size 28 x 39 cm, together with a print "The Countryside March", image size 19 x 42 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £20

Lot 239

Cecil Aldin print "Brains", 37 x 50 cm, together with a print by G.D. Armour "Spades The Refuge of The Destitute", 35 x 28 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £48

Lot 240

Cecil Aldin 1870-1935 a pair of signed foxhunting prints in gilt frames, the first featuring The Pytchley "Who-Whoop at Hazelbeach", both in gilt frames. 34 x 60 cm.

Sold for £70

Lot 241

Cecil Aldin 1870-1935 a signed print depicting a fox hunt. Image size 33 x 67 cm, framed and mounted, together with a print "The South Berks Hunt (Away From Pearmans Covert)" 33 x 60 cm.

Sold for £50

Lot 242

G.N. Johnson a pair of watercolour gouache paintings, depicting foxhunting, the first with huntsman and hounds, the second with huntsman, fox and pheasant. Images 21 x 30 cm framed and mounted.

Sold for £50

Lot 243

Cecil Aldin 1870-1935 a pencil and watercolour vignette 5 x 8 cm of a foxhound signed to the mount and a print of the Pytchley Hunt "Gone Away From Badby Wood", 29 x 64 cm, mounted and in a gilt frame.

Not Sold

Lot 244

Snaffles a print "Sandown Asking, The Question", with bit blind stamp, image size 31 x 45 cm, framed, together with Lionel Edwards a signed print of the Linithgow & Sterlingshire Foxhounds, published by Eyre & Spottiswood. 33 x 49 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £20

Lot 245

Ros Goody, a signed limited edition print "Mrs Parry With the Belvoir" 46/850. 29 x 40 cm, framed, Martin Greensmith a hunt scene print, 38 x 49 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £25

Lot 246

Jonathan Walker a signed limited edition print "The Vanisher" 74/395, image size 25 x 35 cm, framed and mounted, together with a Lionel Edwards fox hunt scene and a Sanderson Wells hunt scene.

Sold for £28

Lot 247

Daniel Crane two prints, "Cutting Em down" 27 x 47 cm and "Irish Bank", framed and mounted.

Sold for £150

Lot 248

Tom Carr a signed print of the Durham Light Infantry Beagles at Middleton (with key to the rear), 25 x 38 cm, framed and mounted, together with Lionel Edwards a print of the Badsworth Hunt, 28 x 38 cm, framed and mounted and Lionel Edwards a limited edition print "The Waterford Hunt" 5/250, published by the Trion Gallery, 34 x 52 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £35

Lot 249

Janice Gordon a signed limited edition print "What's For dinner" featuring three terriers 130/500, 28 x 38 cm, together with Ruth Buchanan a signed limited edition print of two fox hounds "Mabel and Mayfly" 31/150, 29 x 39 cm, framed and mounted, together with two other prints "Hounds Runnning No 2" and another by De Corndamy.

Sold for £30

Lot 250

Mick Cawston three signed limited edition prints of lurchers, all numbered 341/500, 20 x 35 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £50

Lot 251

Mick Cawston a signed limited edition print "A Days Work done" 631/850, 24 x 17 cm, framed and mounted, together with another print of lurchers and another of terriers.

Sold for £32

Lot 252

Henry Wilkinson, a signed limited edition engraving of a fox hunt 27/200, 24 x 34 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £28

Lot 253

Five books on hunting, to include "My Sketchbook In The Shiny" by Snaffles, reprinted in India 2004, together with "Endangered Species Foxhunting The History The Passion And The Fight For Survival" by Michael Clayton.

Sold for £15

Lot 254

Five books to include "The Published Works of Mick Cawston" Volume II and flat racing Lonsdale Library.

Sold for £12

Lot 255

Dorothy Hardy a print "A Dangerous Competitor", 30 x 51 cm, framed and mounted, together with Gilbert Holliday limited edition print "Hold Hard For Gods Sake" 1/500, 32 x 47 cm, framed, and Basil Nightingale a limited edition print "All Brandy" 189/850, 30 x 48 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £10

Lot 256

Lionel Edwards two prints, the first signed, "The South East Staffordshire Hunt" from Hunting Countries, 34 x 49 cm, framed, together with "The Duke of Rutlands Hounds The Belvoir" 33 x 49 cm, framed and mounted.

Not Sold

Lot 257

G E Hoare a signed limited edition print "Barclays Bank United Kingdom Team Cross Country Championship 1976" published by The Zeeland Hunt, printed in England by Chorley & Pickersgill Ltd, depicting Princess Anne and Mark Phillips, 44 x 67 cm, No. 25/250, framed.

Sold for £20

Lot 258

Michael Lyne a limited edition artists proof 3/8 "Walking Out" 34 x 42 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £20

Lot 259

A Royal Doulton figure of a spaniel with pheasant, stamped HN1029. Height 9 cm.

Sold for £25

Lot 260

Khohler & Son a copper silver plated banded hunting horn marked Khohler & Son Makers 116 Victoria Street Westminster (from Covent Garden) and showing two medals 1851 and 1862, measuring 23 cm in length, 5.5 cm at the bell end.

Sold for £700

Lot 261

After Moignier a pair of bronze Red Stags, raised on a rocky outcrop on marble plinths. Height 75 cm, width 40 cm.

Sold for £450

Lot 262

David Shepherd, a signed limited edition print "Haggis of Battersea" 684/1500 with certificate of authenticity to the rear. 15 cm x 15 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £10

Lot 263

Peter Scott, a limited edition print of Barnacle Geese at Carlavrock, signed by Philippa Scott 125/500. 40 x 60 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £55

Lot 264

Paul Jenkins, a bronze resin otter, initialled to the rear measuring 35 cm in height to the tip of the tail.

Sold for £150

Lot 265

Alan Glasby OBE, a bronze Wren, height to the tip of the tail +/- 5 cm, length +/- 7 cm, marked to the rear AG.

Sold for £100

Lot 266

Three Cumberland Hunt buttons, marked to the rear Farmins London, 1.5 cm and housed in a frame.

Not Sold

Lot 267

A silver Grouse brooch, showing signs of silver gilt to the head and wing, marked to the rear Tonex sterling silver. Length 4.75 cm.

Sold for £30

Lot 268

Wilk John William Wilkinson 1906-1994, a watercolour cartoon depicting Johnnie Richardson and The Blencathra Foxhounds, signed and dated 1982, titled to the mount John Richardson Blencathra Hunstman "Climan Oot". 31 x 41 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £380

Lot 269

A Studio Pottery bowl, decorated to the centre with a Jay in flight. Bowl diameter 21.5 cm, height +/- 5 cm.

Sold for £10

Lot 270

Thirteen books on Foxhunting, to include "Hounds Are Running" by Stanislaus Lynch, illustrated by Tom Carr and "The Book of The Foxhound" by Daphne Moore.

Sold for £35

Lot 271

Four books on Terriers, dogs etc to include "The Fell Terrier" by Brian Plummer.

Sold for £42

Lot 272

Two books, "Border Tales" by Hester Garnett-Orme from articles in the yearbooks of The Southern Border Terrrier club 1947-1965, printed at The Craven Herald Skipton 1967, together with "The Hunting of the Hare", The New Forest Beagles - A Narrative Poem by Steven Bracher, first published 1947.

Sold for £20

Lot 273

Six books on Foxhunting, many signed, to include "Away My Lads Away" by Jill Mason, signed, "Scarlet and Green - Hunting in the Colne Valley", "Johnnie Richardson Memoirs of A Legend" by Mitch Todhunter, signed, "Willie Irving" by Sean Frain, "In Nimrod's Footsteps" by Daphne Moore, printed 1994 limited edition 77/200 copies, signed and "Here Lies My Story" by C.N De Courcy-Parry, signed.

Sold for £65

Lot 274

Robin Furness, six prints depicting The Lakeland Fell Packs, to include The Eskdale Ennerdale Foxhounds, Lunesdale, Ullswater, Coniston, Blencathra and Melbreak. 27 x 40 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £85

Lot 275

Wilk John William Wilkinson 1906-1994, a watercolour cartoon depicting hunstmen with foxhounds and terrier, with a fox with a white flag, signed and dated 1987. 33 x 46 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £520

Lot 276

Wilk John William Wilkinson 1906-1994, a watercolour cartoon of Johnnie Richardson and Barry Todhunter with The Blencathra Foxhounds bolting a Rhino with fox watching on, titled "Wha's Terrier Did Ta Put In?" signed and dated '98. 31 x 50 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £700

Lot 277

Five hunt badges, to include Coniston Foxhounds, David Davies Hunt, West Yorkshire, Mink Hounds etc.

Sold for £15

Lot 278

Three hunt badges, Bleasdale Beagles, Bleasdale Beagles 75th Anniversary Oakenclough Sedbergh and District and a Lunesdale Foxhounds P Whitehead 103 Foxes '94, '95 marked to the rear 91/103.

Sold for £15

Lot 279

Roger McPhail, four prints (3 signed) depicting Red Stag, Fox, Hare and Rabbit. Measuring 31 x 23 cm, and 23 x 31 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £42

Lot 280

Roger McPhail, four prints (3 signed) with The Wildfowl Print 88/225, depicting Mallard, Teal, Red Grouse, Woodcock, Snipe and Pheasant. Measuring 23 x 32 cm, and 32 x 23 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £80

Lot 281

A brass and copper hunting horn. Overall length 23 cm, 4.5 cm at the bell end.

Sold for £40

Lot 282

A set of six silver coloured napkin holders, in the form of a fox, hound, hare, and pig, the fox and hound marked to the underside with a fleur de lis. Height +/- 4 cm, fox length +/- 12 cm.

Sold for £48

Lot 283

Fourteen books on country sports, shooting, walking sticks etc, to include "Sporting Dogs " by A Croxton Smith and "The Norfolk Naturalist" by Arthur H Patterson.

Sold for £15

Lot 284

A gentleman's double sided waistcoat, with six fox head buttons to each side. Size approx Small.

Sold for £12

Lot 285

S.E. Waller a print dated 1893 of hounds in kennels. 32 x 51 cm in a mahogany and gilt frame.

Sold for £48

Lot 286

A set of six Pendle Forest and Craven Harriers Masters hunt buttons, 6 large and four small, marked to the rear Firmin London.

Not Sold

Lot 287

Six fixed blade and folding knives, to include Victorinox, Linder, Rostfrei etc. SALES TO OVER 18'S ONLY. CAN ONLY POST VIA AN AGE VERIFIED METHOD.

Sold for £80

Lot 288

An early 20th century goose weathervane, having a copper goose finial mounted above cast north, south, east and west markers and mounted on a pole with bracket. Overall height 142 cm, the goose measuring 44 cm high, 73 cm long.

Sold for £260

Lot 289

Eighteen books on shooting, to include "The Gun and Its Development" by WW Greener and "Modern Shotguns" by WW Greener 2nd edition etc.

Sold for £15

Lot 290

Twenty four books, pamphlets etc on shooting, game keeping and trapping, to include "Animal Traps And Trapping" by James A Bateman and "The Lonsdale Library Big Game Shooting In Africa".

Sold for £20

Lot 291

A Victorian oil painting on canvas of a Red Stag, with inscription "Killed on Ben Morley" by J A Millbank Monday 27th September 1852". 57 x 70 cm. NOTE: This lot was lot 456 in the G Kenneth Whitehead Deer Sale at Tennants Auctioneers North Yorkshire 21/22nd July 2005.

Not Sold

Lot 292

Stick Making Interest - miscellaneous lot of antlers, horns etc.

Sold for £18

Lot 293

Stick Making Interest - five tup horns.

Sold for £15

Lot 294

Stick Making Interest - five tup horns.

Sold for £15

Lot 295

Stick Making Interest - three tup horns.

Sold for £15

Lot 296

Heinz Schroder, three lino cuts, two watercolours and a print depicting falconry, rabbits, foxes etc. Overall sheet size 60 x 45 cm.

Sold for £5

Lot 297

"Hint on Air Rifle Shooting" by F.E. Morton, Webley & Scott Ltd third edition, vintage gun instruction manuals etc. and BSA air rifle pellet paper label, Winchester, Crossman etc.

Sold for £42

Lot 298

Burke Rifle rest marked Parkers No 228B, together with a horn whistle, antler whistle, a Marbles of Michigan Vesta case and a bag of lead moulded shot.

Sold for £28

Lot 299

A vintage shotgun cartridge bag, stamped to the rear "Hand Sewn Warranted Hogskin 50".

Sold for £30

Lot 300

A vintage shotgun cartridge bag, marked English Make 75.

Sold for £28