fine art

A magnum of champagne, Moet & Chandon, 12% by volume.

Sold for £42

A Victorian cane, with gilt serpent and embossed cherub terminal.

Sold for £55

Two 19th century walnut shell necessaires, one complete with thimble, scissors and accessories, the other missing two items, together with a collection of micro-mosaic studs, other buttons, etc. (see illustration).

Sold for £500

Six 19th century photographs, each in metal frame, one oval, two oval in rectangular frames and three others.

Sold for £50

A pair of spelter figures, Greek Warriors on horseback. Each height 14.5 ins.

Sold for £80

A late 19th/early 20th century Chinese Cloisonne plate, of shaped outline, decorated with a flying crane to blue ground. Width 14 ins.

Estimated: £100 - £150

An early 20th century Cloisonne lidded jar, with eagle decoration. Height 8.5 ins.

Sold for £95

An early 20th century Japanese Cloisonne bowl, decorated with exotic birds and repeating floral decoration. Diameter 18 ins (see illustration).

Estimated: £70 - £100

A 19th century Chinese Cloisonne enamel charger, decorated with chrysanthemums. Diameter 14 ins.

Sold for £120

A bronze eastern vase, with relief moulded eagle and serpent decoration. Height 14 ins.

Estimated: £100 - £150

A 19th century Japanese bronze incense burner, raised on a tall knopped stand, relief moulded with birds and repeating decoration. Height 54 ins (see illustration).

Estimated: £500 - £800

An Art Deco spelter figure, a dancing maiden, raised on an oval marble base. Height 11 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £130

Winston Churchill, a signed note on House of Commons notepaper dated 1945, "I thank you sincerely for your kind message to me which I have received and read with great pleasure, Winston S. Churchill. 1945". 6.75 ins x 4.75 ins, framed.

Sold for £280

A commemorative wooden life belt, to commemorate the sinking of the Carmanian of Workington which was sunk by gunfire from a German submarine in 1916 and with printed photograph of the vessel to centre. Diameter 10 ins.

Sold for £65

A late 19th century Chinese carved ivory figure group, two oxen pulling a cart with buildings and figures. Height 5 ins, length 4.25 ins.

Estimated: £100 - £150

A Handmade Carpets Limited of London Prado Orient Keshan Super woollen carpet, with fringed ends, principal colours blue, green and beige. Width 108 ins, length including fringed ends approximately 144 ins.

Sold for £280

A Belouch rug, Persian/Afghan Frontier, with fringed ends. 78 ins x 40 ins.

Estimated: £40 - £60

A Dosemacti rug, Western Anatolia. 90 ins x 48 ins, with fringed ends.

Sold for £80

A North West Persian rug. 113 ins x 52 ins.

Estimated: £80 - £120

A Victorian map sampler, Ireland, by M.J. Savage 1863. 23 ins x 18 ins, framed.

Sold for £440

A Persian carpet, pink ground with centre medallion and three line border, with fringed ends. 318 cm x 216 cm.

Estimated: £200 - £300

A collection of four Victorian christening gowns, silk and lace.

Sold for £28

A collection of four Victorian christening gowns, together with a Georgian muslin bonnet.

Sold for £38

A collection of four Victorian and later christening gowns, together with a bonnet.

Sold for £40

A collection of four broiderie anglaise and lace panelled christening gowns.

Sold for £85

An 18th century ladies bodice, well detailed.

Estimated: £40 - £60

A silkwork rug, Oriental, bird and branch to beige ground, with fringed ends. 37 ins x 18 ins.

Sold for £40

Kenneth Rowntree (1915-1997), a watercolour, "Putney Reach". 19 ins x 12.25 ins, framed, signed, labelled verso "Kenneth Rowntree 1915-1997, Putney Reach, circa 1955, Collection of Derwent & Elizabeth Wise, Exhibited Kenneth Rowntree Retrospective Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle 2003" (see illustration).

Sold for £880

Robert Westall (1929-1993), drawing for sculpture circa 1953. 14 ins x 9.5 ins, with biographical notes verso. Robert Westall ultimately became a celebrated author of children's books, was trained as a sculptor in the Department of Fine Art, Kings College in the University of Durham and later at the Slade School of Art which he entered as a consequence of a personal recommendation from Henry Moore.

Estimated: £40 - £60

Robert Westall (1929-1993), drawing for sculpture circa 1953. 20.5 ins x 11.5 ins, biographical notes verso as for previous lot.

Sold for £40

After Cezanne, a folio print, a mountainous French landscape. 14 ins x 21 ins, framed and with proof stamp.

Estimated: £50 - £80

Elizabeth Black, oil painting on panel, abstract 1960. 24 ins x 36 ins, signed and dated verso (see illustration).

Sold for £100

Elizabeth Black, an oil painting on board, abstract landscape 1959. 24 ins x 36 ins, framed, signed and dated verso (see illustration).

Sold for £130

Thomas Colman Dibdin (1810-1893), a pencil drawing, "Langdale Pikes". 9.5 ins x 13 ins, framed, biographical notes verso.

Sold for £200

Anthony Eyton RA NEAC RWS (B. 1923), oil on board, "Life Class". 17.25 ins x 13.5 ins. PROVENANCE - purchased Abbott & Holder 2002 for £750, receipt available (see illustration).

Sold for £600

A Japanese print, Samurai Warrior. 13 ins x 18.5 ins, framed.

Sold for £60

James Ward RA (1769-1859), pencil drawing, "The Falls of The Clyde, Bonnington Linn". 10.5 ins x 14.5 ins, framed, signed with monogram and dated August 10th 1805. PROVENANCE - formerly T.B. Lowinsky collection, purchased Abbott & Holder September 1995 (see illustration).

Estimated: £100 - £150

Philip Wilson Steer (1860-1942), a watercolour, "An Impression of Chepstow Castle circa 1905". 9.5 ins x 14.5 ins. PROVENANCE - purchased Abbott & Holder August 1998 for £400, receipt available (see illustration).

Sold for £180

Eduardo Paolozzi, a silk screen print poster, for the Exhibition "As Is When, a series of screen prints based on the life and writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein" May 1965. 37 ins x 24 ins, framed, signed and dated 1965. NOTE - the image of Mickey Mouse contained within the print (see illustration).

Sold for £380

Stuart Wise, an etching, abstract with spoon, watch and glove. 13.5 ins x 11 ins, framed, dated 1964 verso.

Sold for £42

David Wise, an etching, abstract. 11.5 ins x 8.5 ins, framed, labelled verso.

Sold for £40

Stuart Wise, an etching, abstract. 8 ins x 6 ins, labelled verso, circa 1964.

Sold for £75

David Wise, an etching, abstract. 11 ins x 9 ins, framed, labelled verso, circa 1964.

Sold for £40

Stuart Wise, a coloured etching, abstract with light bulb. 6 ins x 6 ins, framed (see illustration).

Sold for £110

David Wise, an abstract etching, blue and brown. 6.5 ins x 5.5 ins, framed (see illustration).

Sold for £70

Hokusai (1760-1849), a series of three Japanese prints. Each 6.5 ins x 8.5 ins, framed, labelled verso "Katsushika Hokusai 1760-1849".

Sold for £38

Mark Gifford ARCA (?-1953), a lino cut, "The Barmaid Tells One", signed 1951 but probably done about 1945. 13 ins x 12.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £90

Ruskin Spear RA (1911-1990), a pen, brush and ink, "Thunder Clouds Over Cornwall". 17 ins x 22 ins, signed, framed. PROVENANCE - purchased Abbott & Holder October 2001 £985, also labelled verso from the Spear Family (see illustration).

Sold for £1500

Ian Stephenson RA (1934-2000), an oil painting on board, abstract of red buses. 36 ins x 47 ins, framed with provenance verso together with a copy of the Northerner Magazine with similar cover design by the same artist (see illustration).

Sold for £3400

Matt Rugg, an oil painting on board circa 1957, abstract. 46 ins x 48 ins, framed, signed verso (see illustration).

Sold for £800

Elizabeth Black, abstract oil on board. 14 ins x 19 ins, framed, signed verso 1955 (see illustration).

Sold for £110

Brian Yale, oil painting on canvas, "Windmill, Blyth". 29.5 ins x 12 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £160

Richard Hamilton (1922-2011), an exhibit from an exhibition of Richard Hamilton's entitled "Man Machine Motion" and depicting the Wright Brothers to one side and Mercedes racing cars verso. 23 ins x 47 ins, mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £6000

Geoff Sansbury, an abstract oil on panel, "Zoe's Brilliant Corners 1962". 24 ins x 36 ins, label verso (see illustration).

Sold for £140

Kenneth Rowntree, a signed exhibition poster, "Kenneth Rowntree Retrospective May-June 1980, The Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle upon Tyne". 25 ins x 18 ins, framed and inscribed in pencil "For Derwent from Kenneth R" (see illustration).

Sold for £75

Catherine Brodie, an oil painting on board, landscape, initialled and dated 1991 verso. 5.5 ins x 16.5 ins.

Sold for £80

A 19th century pencil drawing, "Coupland Castle, Northumberland". 9 ins x 15 ins, framed, labelled verso, artist unknown.

Sold for £20

P. Sandby, a watercolour, figure in landscape with buildings. 11.5 ins x 12 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £50

Edward Dayes (1763-1804), a watercolour, figures on horseback in front of ecclesiastical building. 8 ins x 10.5 ins.

Sold for £120

Sir William Eden (1849-1915), a pencil and watercolour, "Holy Family". 9 ins x 13 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £50

Thomas Sunderland (B. 1744), a watercolour, "Valley of The Arnot". 6.5 ins x 10.25 ins, with labels verso "Spink & Son Limited" and "Thomas Agnew & Sons Limited"

Sold for £160

Geoffrey Dudley ARCA (1918-1986), a pen and wash circa 1935, a study for sculpture. 7.75 ins x 10 ins, with biographical notes verso (see illustration).

Sold for £60

Cox, a watercolour, a mountainous landscape. 6.5 ins x 8 ins, famed, signed and dated 1774 (see illustration).

Sold for £65

A pen and wash study for sculpture, circa 1955. 16 ins x 10 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £150

Douglass Wise, a watercolour, "Towards Bellingham". 10 ins x 14 ins, framed, signed and dated 1984.

Sold for £20

William Henry Charlton (1846-1918), a lithograph, "Mouth of The Tyne". 8.5 ins x 11 ins, framed and with biographical notes verso (see illustration).

Sold for £50

Albert Rutherston (1881-1953), a pen and wash drawing, cottage in landscape. 13 ins x 9.5 ins, signed and dated 1934. PROVENANCE - purchased Abbott & Holder March 1997 (see illustration).

Estimated: £100 - £150

Philip Wilson Steer N.E.A.C. (1860-1942), a pencil and watercolour, "View at Richmond, Yorkshire". 10 ins x 14 ins, framed. PROVENANCE - purchased from Abbott & Holder £975 and formerly exhibited at The Steer Exhibition, Temple Newsome 1944 (see illustration).

Estimated: £300 - £500

Philip Wilson Steer N.E.A.C. (1860-1943), a watercolour, landscape near Richmond, Yorkshire 1903. 8.5 ins x 12 ins, framed, signed and dated. PROVENANCE - purchased Abbott & Holder 2003 (see illustration).

Sold for £350

Rita Donagh (1939- ), an abstract etching. 10 ins x 7.5 ins, framed, labelled verso (see illustration). NOTE - Rita Donagh was married to Richard Hamilton.

Sold for £920

Richard Hamilton (1922-2011), circa 1955, an abstract etching. 13 ins x 8.5 ins, mounted, unframed (see illustration).

Sold for £4200

Attributed to Robert Hills (1769-1844), studies of sheep, pen, pencil, grey and brown wash. From 5 ins x 7 ins to 2.5 ins x 3.5 ins, all in one frame. PROVENANCE - purchased Tennants Auctioneers 1998 (see illustration).

Sold for £220

James Ward RA (1769-1859), pencil studies of cattle. 8.5 ins x 6.5 ins. PROVENANCE - purchased Abbott & Holder 1998, exhibited at Colnaghi's, Mayfair, London.

Sold for £75

Charles Despiau (1874-1946), a folio print, nude study. 14.5 ins x 9.5 ins, with proof stamp.

Sold for £80

A Japanese print, fighting Samurai Warriors. 13.5 ins x 9.5 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £38

Judith Downie (B. 1936), an artists proof abstract engraving, "Fur--- Her". 10 ins x 13 ins, framed, signed and dated Paris '60.

Sold for £150

John Wilson Carmichael (1799-1868), a pencil drawing, an Italian coastal scene. 3 ins x 4.75 ins, signed with initials. PROVENANCE - purchased Anderson & Garland December 1996 (see illustration).

Estimated: £50 - £80

John Varley (1778-1842), a pencil drawing, "View of London from Greenwich". 3.5 ins x 5.75 ins. PROVENANCE - from the collection of Natta Gwillen Varley, a descendant of the artist, purchased Abbott & Holder 2002 for £350, receipt available (see illustration).

Sold for £220

William Leighton Leitch (1804-1883), a watercolour, island with castle. 3.5 ins x 6 ins, framed, inscribed on mount (see illustration).

Sold for £60

H. Gastineau, a watercolour, "The Ferry over Windermere Lake". 4.25 ins x 6.25 ins, framed and bearing pencil inscription verso.

Sold for £170

John Sell Cotman, a soft ground etching, "Harlech, North Wales", printed 1838. 6.5 ins x 9 ins.

Sold for £65

John Wilson Carmichael (1799-1868), a pencil and wash drawing, "The Havana, Palm Trees in the Foreground". 6 ins x 12 ins, framed. PROVENANCE - purchased Anderson & Garland 2002 (see illustration).

Sold for £180

John Wilson Carmichael (1799-1868), a pencil and wash drawing, "Seaton Sluice, The Entrance to The Harbour". 4.75 ins x 7.5 ins. PROVENANCE - from the album of J.W.C. drawings collected by Herbert Jarningham of Longridge Towers in the mid 19th century, purchased Abbott & Holder June 1998 (see illustration).

Sold for £130

John Thirtle (1777-1839), a watercolour, "Norfolk Coast near Yarmouth". 4 ins x 7.75 ins, inscribed on mount (see illustration).

Sold for £520

John Wilson Carmichael (1799-1868), a pen and wash drawing, "Bamburgh". 5 ins x 8.25 ins, framed. PROVENANCE - Herbert Jarningham collection, purchased Abbott & Holder 2003 for £350, receipt available (see illustration).

Sold for £110

John Wilson Carmichael (1799-1868), a pencil and wash drawing, "Tynemouth Priory". 6 ins x 8 ins. PROVENANCE - Herbert Jarningham collection, purchased Abbott & Holder 2003 for £250, receipt available (see illustration).

Sold for £95

John Wilson Carmichael (1799-1868), a pencil and wash drawing, "On The Tyne near Wallsend". 3.5 ins x 6 ins, framed. PROVENANCE - from the album of J.W.C. drawings collected by Herbert Jarningham of Longridge Towers in the mid 19th century, purchased Abbott & Holder June 1998 (see illustration).

Sold for £210

Serge Poliakoff (1906-1969), a silk screen print, "Edition L'Oeuvre Gravee" 108/150. 18 ins x 25 ins, framed, signed in pencil (see illustration).

Sold for £1000

Norman Adams RA (1933-2005), a pencil and wash, "Study for Decoration St. Anselm's Church, Kennington 1971" "Pilgrims Progress - The Celestial Computer". 9 ins x 10.5 ins, framed, signed with initials and dated 1971. PROVENANCE - purchased Abbott & Holder 1998.

Sold for £30

Thomas Colman Dibdin (1810-1893), a pencil drawing, "Aira Force, Ullswater". 10 ins x 6 ins. PROVENANCE - purchased Mitchells 2000.

Sold for £42

George Weatherill (1810-1890), a pencil drawing, "Whitby Station Forecourt looking Towards Barny's Shipyard 26th April 1850". 3.5 ins x 5.75 ins, framed. PROVENANCE - from a sketchbook purchased from Abbott & Holder James Huntington-Whitely December 1997.

Sold for £130

Martin Bedford (B. 1945), an abstract oil painting on wooden panel. 9.5 ins x 12 ins, framed, labelled verso (see illustration).

Sold for £95

Richard Hamilton (1922-2011), an abstract etching, "Hers is a Lush Situation", circa 1958. 7.5 ins x 10.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £7200

Jonah Jones (B. 1919- ), a watercolour, "A Private Joke, Jonah Cezanne for Derwent Constable". 5 ins x 7.75 ins, framed, signed.

Estimated: £50 - £80

Jonah Jones (B. 1919- ), a watercolour, "Snowdon from Castelle.y.Gwynt" Castle of the Wind, inscribed verso "To The Maestro from a Dabbler". 5.5 ins x 7.25 ins.

Sold for £100

Sawrey Gilpin, a watercolour of a barn in landscape. 5 ins x 8 ins, unsigned, framed and inscribed on mount.

Sold for £130

Henry Bright (1810-1873), a pair of pastels, each of a beach scene. 4.25 ins x 7.5 ins, framed, signed with initials and extensively labelled verso.

Sold for £700

George Houghton, a pencil drawing, "On the Northumbrian Coast". 9 ins x 11 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £50

Byron Eric Dawson, a watercolour, "Seaton Sluice, Northumberland". 9.5 ins x 12.5 ins, framed, signed. PROVENANCE - purchased Anderson & Garland March 1997 (see illustration).

Sold for £80

Michael Dawson (B. 1932- ), a pencil drawing, life study, circa 1956. 13.5 ins x 10.5 ins.

Sold for £50