fine art

A silver oval dish, Mappin & Webb, London 1914. Width 11.25 ins.

Sold for £280

A pair of silver serving spoons, Newcastle 1849, Shell & Fiddle pattern. Length 13 ins.

Sold for £230

A cased set of four silver salts, with spoons, with engraved decoration, London 1881.

Estimated: £150 - £200

A silver butlers tray, Sheffield 1927, 11 ozs. Diameter 8.25 ins.

Estimated: £250 - £300

A small silver coffee pot, London mark 1919, 433 grams. Height 8 ins.

Estimated: £250 - £300

A silver tazza, Sheffield 1924, of shaped outline, with knopped stem and spreading foot, 679 grams.

Estimated: £350 - £400

A cased set of four silver spoons and matching tongs.

Sold for £20

Six pairs of silver and mother of pearl fruit knives and forks, Sheffield 1927.

Sold for £60

Six pairs of silver and mother of pearl fish knives and forks, Victorian, Sheffield 1871.

Sold for £160

A cut glass scent bottle, globular, with repousse silver lid, hallmark rubbed, together with a similar scent spray with silver mount, hallmark also rubbed.

Sold for £80

Three silver mounted faceted glass dressing table jars, comprising a pair and another taller, hallmarks rubbed.

Estimated: £40 - £60

A silver spectacle case, engraved with mythical birds and foliage, pierced and with hanger, maker George Unite, Birmingham 1904.

Sold for £75

A silver cigarette case, tabletop variety, rectangular, engine turned, London hallmark rubbed.

Sold for £40

Three dressing table jars, one globular cut glass and with silver coloured rim and stopper and two others, hallmarks rubbed.

Sold for £60

A silver inkwell, in the form of a bell, with loaded base, Sheffield hallmark for 1911. Height 4.5 ins, diameter 4 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £95

A silver coloured candle holder, probably Continental, marking rubbed, in the form of a mythical fish holding aloft a candle sconce. Height 6.5 ins.

Sold for £38

A late Victorian silver cup and cover, repousse with foliate scrollwork, the body with scrolling handles and further repousse birds, foliage and fruit, London mark 1900, 1001 grams. Height 8.25 ins, width 9 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £950

A pair of Hereford Cathedral goblets, from a limited edition of 676 numbers 142 and 176, silver gilt, planished, 667 grams, each with certificate. Height 6.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £300

A sterling silver model of a horse, cast, signed "Lorne McKean", 599 grams. Height 4.75 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £420

A cast silver model "Startled Yearling" by Geoffrey Snell, commissioned by The British Horse Society on behalf of its members, London hallmark 1977. Height 4.5 ins, length 4.25 ins, raised on a marble plinth and bearing plaque beneath (see illustration).

Sold for £400

A continental porcelain plaque, portrait of a young girl in Florentine giltwood frame. Plaque dimensions 3.5 ins x 2.5 ins.

Sold for £130

A continental porcelain plaque, Cleopatra with asp. 4.5 ins x 3 ins, framed, with velvet mount and giltwood outer frame.

Sold for £160

A continental porcelain plaque, painted with mother and children, circular. Diameter 5.5 ins, in gilt frame with plush lining and giltwood outer frame.

Sold for £190

A continental porcelain plaque, young lady with flowers. 6 ins x 3.75 ins, in gilt frame with plush surround and fruitwood outer frame.

Sold for £190

A large pair of Gothic candelabra, four branch, with centre fitting and Gothic arch moulded sconces, with twist supports beneath and raised on mythical beast scroll supports. Height 40 ins (see illustration).

Estimated: £400 - £600

A Chinese Cinnebar table lamp base, with pierced metal top and body decorated with repeating foliate, scroll and figural designs and raised on a metal base. Height excluding light fitting 17 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £280

A pair of porcelain table lamps, with metal mounts and pierced brass supports, decorated against the brown ground with floral overpainting. Height including light fittings 28 ins.

Sold for £150

A pair of carved and giltwood cherub candelabra, each in seated pose holding aloft a five branch light fitting, with faceted clear glass drops and raised on a shaped square stepped base. Height 37 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £300

A large pair of porcelain table lamps, each with cream cloth shade, the vase supports of club shape decorated in Chinoiserie style and raised on a turned wooden base. Overall height 42 ins.

Sold for £85

A pair of porcelain lamp bases, of campana shape, painted with rural scenes to blue ground heightened with gilding, each with metal base and light fitting. Height including fitting 26.5 ins.

Sold for £180

A pair of porcelain lamps, with leaf and scroll handles and gilding to white ground, with circular wooden bases and complete with light fittings. Height 34 ins.

Sold for £85

A 19th century Chinese Cloisonne koro with cover, with Dog of Fo terminal, with pierced brass cover to open interior and decorated in bright enamel colours with foliate decoration to the rectangular body and with pierced carrying handle to either side, raised on four short scroll feet. Width 20 ins, height 26 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1000

A Delft Ware vase, converted to a table lamp, the vase in typical Delft colours with windmill and canal scene and raised on a wooden base. Height 26 ins including light fitting.

Sold for £70

A Delft Ware vase, converted to a table lamp, foliate patterned and raised on a wooden base. Height including light fitting 31 ins.

Sold for £70

A porcelain plaque, depicting a young lady holding aloft a goblet and dressed in a white robe, initialled "A.P.C.". 9 ins x 7 ins, in gilt frame, circa 1900, bearing label verso "F. Webber & Company, Art Dealer, 709 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri" (see illustration).

Estimated: £300 - £500

A pair of ivory Indian elephants, manufactured from ivory sections and with silver coloured jewelled harness work. Height 10.5 ins, length 12 ins.

Sold for £480

A late 19th century French casket, rectangular, the top inset with a porcelain panel depicting cherubs playing music and seated upon a cloud with doves opening to a plush lined interior, the shaped casket with bellflower and cherub mounts and raised on short feet. Width 9.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £450

A Keswick School of Industrial Arts copper framed mirror, unmarked but bearing all of the attributes of the Keswick School and enclosing an oval bevelled mirror. Width 28 ins, height 20 ins.

Sold for £400

A Mouseman Thompson of Kilburn bread board, octagonal, with typical carved mouse trademark. Width 12 ins.

Sold for £70

A George III steel and brass fender, with fretwork body and raised on paw feet. Internal measurement 42.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £150

A 19th century iron and brass fire kerb, with brass top to honeycomb sides, with moulded base raised on ball feet. Internal measurement 39 ins (see illustration)..

Sold for £100

A 19th century Chinese earthenware figure, a bearded male standing holding staff and sceptre. Height 17 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £80

A 19th century duck decoy, lead weighted to base, hand painted and with hook to front. Length 12 ins, height 8 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £225

A set of W&T Avery balance scales, with brass pans and green and red painted body, to weigh 2 lbs.

Sold for £50

A terracotta sculpture of a nude female figure, seated and raised on a wooden plinth. Height 15.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £30

After The Antique, a bronze bust of Apollo, green patination, 19th century. Height 9 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £280

A 19th century plaster cast of a Hereford bull, bronze colour. Height 10 ins, length 15 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £140

A plaster cast of an ancient Egyptian Queen, possibly Nefertiti. Height 12 ins (see illustration).

Estimated: £50 - £80

An African tribal mask, wooden and clay. Height 11 ins, width 8 ins.

Estimated: £50 - £80

A Chinese wooden mask, female, raised on mahogany plinth. Height of mask 10 ins, width 8 ins.

Estimated: £40 - £60

A 19th century Toleware tray, decorated against the black ground with floral sprays in orange, yellow and gilt. Length 26 ins, width 19.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £70

A pair of African tribal fertility figures, male and female, each in standing pose. Height 11 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £100

An African carved wooden tribal figure, standing female raised on wooden plinth. Height 24 ins (see illustration).

Estimated: £50 - £80

After the Antique, an Egyptian bronze, standing male figure raised on a slate plinth. Height 7 ins.

Sold for £55

A 19th century cast iron mirror frame, the rectangular bevelled glass mirror in cast iron frame with rams mask and foliate pillars to either side, with swags to foot and with arched galleried pediment above. Width 11 ins, height 25.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £50

A Victorian cast iron stick stand, with lozenge registration mark to the rear, with mythical fish decoration and lift out drip tray. Height 31 ins, width 14.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £80

A Victorian brass framed and mahogany wall mirror with integral shelves, with accompanying trade card for W. Bradbury & Son, General Brass Founders, Naval Brass Foundry, Railway Carriage Fittings, Ledsan Street Works, Birmingham. Width 18 ins, height 21 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £130

Three 19th century snuff boxes, two papier mache, one bone, each inlaid with mother of pearl and metal. Lengths from 3 ins to 2.5 ins.

Estimated: £30 - £50

Two West African bronze gold weights, one in the form of a standing male figure, the other a fish, 19th century. Height of figure 56 mm, length of fish 60 mm (see illustration).

Sold for £85

A copper table lamp, early 20th century, with green shade. Height 24 ins.

Sold for £110

Two 19th century walking sticks, one carved with a male figure with letter S to head and moustache, the other carved with a serpent (see illustration).

Sold for £90

A 19th century wood gesso and painted model of a water buffalo, painted in a variety of colours, on a wooden base, formerly with wheels and probably a child's toy. Length 8.5 ins, height 8.25 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £35

A wood carving, panel of stoats and bird with ivy. 23 ins x 14 ins.

Sold for £70

Four volumes Shakespeare, Cowden Clarke Volumes I to IV, leather bound, London published Bickers & Son, 1 Leicester Square, 1887.

Sold for £130

One volume Manual British Birds Saunders, "An Illustrated Manual of British Birds" by Howard Saunders FLS, FZS, etc., second edition revised and enlarged with 384 illustrations and 3 coloured maps, London published Gurney & Jackson, 1 Paternoster Row, 1899.

Sold for £130

Two volumes British Trees, drawn and described by Rex Vicat Cole, volumes I and II, London published Hutchinson & Co., Paternoster Row, 1907, containing 430 reproduction and original drawings and paintings by the author, Ex Libris Rupert Potter, bought by H.V. Wilkinson from dispersal sale of Hilltop, Sawrey.

Sold for £160

Six volumes Flowering Plants of Great Britain Anne Pratt, London published Frederick Warne & Co., Bedford Street, Covent Garden, Ex Libris Rupert Potter, bought by H.V. Wilkinson from dispersal sale of HIlltop, Sawrey (see illustration).

Sold for £320

One volume Round About Helvellyn, 24 plates by Thomas Hewson RI, RPE, with notes by the artist, Ex Libris Rupert Potter, bought by H.V. Wilkinson from dispersal sale of HIlltop, Sawrey.

Sold for £80

Two volumes Macaulay History of England, 9th edition, London published Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 1853, Ex Libris Rupert Potter, bought by H.V. Wilkinson from dispersal sale of Hilltop, Sawrey.

Sold for £20

Charles Dickens novels, copyright editions, Leipzig Bernhard Tauchnitz circa 1843-4, Ex Libris Rupert Potter, bought by H.V. Wilkinson from dispersal sale of Hilltop, Sawrey (see illustration).

Sold for £320

W.M. Thackeray, copyright editions, Leipzig Bernhard Tauchnitz circa 1862, twelve volumes, Ex Libris Rupert Potter, bought by H.V. Wilkinson from dispersal sale of Hilltop, Sawrey (see illustration).

Sold for £150

Anthony Trollope, copyright edition, Leipzig Bernhard Tauchnitz circa 1866, twenty volumes, Ex Libris Rupert Potter, bought by H.V. Wilkinson from dispersal of Hilltop, Sawrey (see illustration).

Sold for £190

Eleven volumes, Scott's Poetical Works, Edinburgh, W.P. Nimmo Hay & Mitchell, Matthew Arnold's Poems, London McMillan & Co. 1893, also Life of Nelson Southey, Milton's Poetical Works, James' Richard Coeur-de-Lion 2 volumes, Ballads & Sonnets, Sharp's Essays on Homeopathy, The Fern Paradise Francis Geo. Heath, Stories About Dogs George Frederick Pardon and In The Woods a Book About The Young.

Sold for £80

Seven volumes, The English Lakes Painted by A. Heaton Cooper described by W.T. Palmer second edition October 1908, Enjoying The Lakes Edmund W. Hodge, The Lakers ABC David Scott, The Charm of The English Lakes S.W. Collier with foreword by Sir Hugh Walpole, Wordsworth's Guide to The Lakes facsimile of the definitive 5th edition of 1835 Tantivy Press and Peak Country by Joseph E. Morris.

Sold for £45

Nine volumes, The Church of Grasmere Armitt, Walking in Derbyshire A Rambler's Guide to The Peak County, Prose of Lakeland Anthology by B.L. Thompson illustrated by W. Heaton Cooper, Lake District History Collingwood, the English Lakes W.T. Palmer, Rambles and Scrambles in Western Lakeland Roland Taylor, Westmorland by J.E. Marr, Things Seen at The English Lakes W.T. Palmer and The Lake Counties by W.G. Collingwood.

Sold for £45

Eleven volumes, Thorstein of The Mere A Saga of Norsemen in Lakeland by W.G. Collingwood, English Lakeland in Colour Dudley Hoys, The English Lakes pictures by Ernest Haslehust described by A.G. Bradley, English Lakes Watercolours A. Heaton Cooper, Walking in The Lake District H.H. Symonds, From Mid Summer to Martinmas by Cuthbert Rigby, Mountains & Moorlands W.H. Pearsall, Wordsworth Country by Easton S. Valentine, The Underdock A Tale of Lake Windermere by Eustace C. Holden, English Lakes Black's Guidebooks and The Tourist Atlas of the English Lake District by and Addenda to And Uniform with Harriet Martineau's Complete Guide.

Sold for £120

An African carved wooden figure, male in standing pose. Height 10.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £160

An African carved wooden figure, female in standing pose. Height 16.5 ins excluding plinth (see illustration).

Sold for £220

Two volumes, "British & Empire Warships" H.T. Lenton and "Navel Camouflage" David Williams.

Sold for £30

Four volumes, "Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ship Builders of Hull & Beverley" by Michael Thompson, etc., "British Ship Building Yards Volume I North East Coast" Midllemiss, "British Ship Building & The State Since 1918" Lewis Johnman & Hugh Murphy and "The British Ship Building Industry 1870-1914" Sidney Pollard and Paul Robertston.

Sold for £40

Three volumes, "Building Ships on the North East Coast" Parts I and II J.F. Clarke and "The Grand Fleet" D.K. Brown.

Sold for £68

One volume, "Old Ship Figureheads and Sterns" L.G. Carr Laughton.

Sold for £50

Three volumes circa 1809, "The Life of Nelson".

Estimated: £80 - £120

Four volumes, "The World of Model Ships & Boats" Guy R. Williams, "Marine Art & Antiques, Jack Tar", J. Welles Henderson & Rodney P. Carlisle and "Prisoner of War Ship Models" Ewart C. Freeston and "Ship Models" Brian Lavery and Simon Stephens.

Sold for £50

One volume, "Naval & Maritime Biography 1906" published J. Fowler, Market Place Ormskirk.

Estimated: £80 - £120

Four volumes, "Navy & Army Illustrated".

Estimated: £40 - £60

Seven volumes, "F.H. Chapman "Naval Architect", "Marine Painting" David Cordingly, "Thomas Somerscales Marine Artist", "Maritime Paintings of Montague Dawson", "Maritime Paintings, Merseyside Museum" E.W. Cook, "20th Century British Marine Painting".

Sold for £100

A collection of seven Chinese silver coloured ship models, two gun boats and five others, various. Lengths from 8.5 ins to 3 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £240

An O gauge LMS Railway Company Duke of York locomotive with tender by Bassett Lowke. Length including tender 14 ins.

Sold for £140

A giltwood Buddha figure, Eastern, in standing pose and raised on a later glass stepped plinth. Height of figure excluding plinth 8 ins.

Estimated: £80 - £120

A pair of Chinese bronze stands, possibly oil lamps, with frog and lily pad top to tree form base raised on mythical creature mounts with ball feet. Height 16 ins.

Estimated: £200 - £300

An Art Deco spelter table lamp, in the form of a female figure holding aloft a light fitting and raised on a stepped marble base. Height including shade 24 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £320

An Art Deco spelter light fitting, female figure holding aloft a lamp and in kneeling pose, raised on a marble base. Height including shade 16 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £240

A Victorian oval plaque, with convex glass enclosing the hairwork design of a shrine, trees and flowers, dated 1881. Width 17 ins, height 21 ins.

Estimated: £300 - £400

A pair of late 19th century brass and copper oil lamps, each with Vaseline glass dimpled shade, copper reservoir and shaped supports. Height including chimney 17 ins.

Sold for £260

A pair of cut glass oil lamp bases, with shade supports and raised on octagonal bases. Height 11 ins.

Estimated: £150 - £200

A 19th century cannon, with metal bound wooden wheels and undercarriage. Length of barrel 35 ins.

Sold for £580

A large 19th century tortoiseshell. Length 24 ins.

Estimated: £200 - £300

A 19th century tortoiseshell. Length 16 ins.

Estimated: £150 - £200

A pair of 19th century spelter figural lamps, each of a draped female figure holding aloft light fitting with flame form shade and each raised on a wooden plinth. Height 23 ins.

Sold for £160