fine art

A pair of brass six branch centre chandeliers, each with cord bound suspension pole to the knopped light fitting with six scroll branches and centre ball. Height 45 ins, width approximately 28 ins (see illustration).

Estimated: £500 - £800

A 19th century brass and wire fender. Internal measurement 42 ins.

Sold for £85

A 19th century brass and pierced metal fender, raised on ball feet. Internal measurement 40 ins.

Sold for £40

A 19th century ormolu lamp base, converted, with twist fruiting vine column with foliate base and three angled feet each terminating in a cloven hoof with triform base beneath and raised on a black slate base. Height excluding light fitting 23 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £220

Alfred Wainwright, a set of seven first edition pictorial "Guides to The Lakeland Fells", comprising Eastern 1955, Far Eastern 1957, Central 1958, Southern 1960, Northern 1962, Northwestern 1964 and Western 1956.

Sold for £400

Alfred Wainwright, a first edition "Guide to The View from Scafell Pike" 1978, "Walks from The Ratty" second or third edition 1988 and "Old Roads of Eastern Lakeland" first edition 1985.

Estimated: £70 - £100

Alfred Wainwright, a first edition "Walks on The Howgill Fells" 1962 and a first edition "The Outlying Fells of Lakeland, A Pictorial Guide" 1974.

Sold for £50

Alfred Wainwright, "A Dales Sketchbook" first edition 1976 and a "Second Dales Sketchbook" first edition 1978.

Sold for £95

Alfred Wainwright, a first edition "Lune Sketchbook" 1980 and a first edition "Second Furness Sketchbook" 1979.

Sold for £60

Alfred Wainwright, "Lakeland Mountain Drawings" Volume 4 first edition, second impression 1983 and "Lakeland Mountain Drawings" Volume 5 first edition, second impression 1984.

Sold for £60

Alfred Wainwright, first edition "Kendal in The 19th Century" 1977.

Estimated: £75 - £125

Alfred Wainwright, "Welsh Mountain Drawings" first edition 1981.

Estimated: £100 - £150

Alfred Wainwright, first edition "Three Westmorland Rivers" 1979 and "Ex Fell Wanderer" first edition 1987.

Estimated: £50 - £80

Alfred Wainwright, first edition "Scottish Mountain Drawings" Volume 2, "The Northwestern Highlands" 1976.

Sold for £30

Alfred Wainwright, first edition "Scottish Mountain Drawings" Volume 6 "The Islands" 1978.

Sold for £50

Alfred Wainwright, four "Lakeland Sketchbooks", "A Lakeland Sketchbook" second impression 1969-1970, "Second Lakeland Sketchbook" first edition 1970, "Third Lakeland Sketchbook" first edition 1971, "Fourth Lakeland Sketchbook" first edition 1972.

Sold for £80

Alfred Wainwright, "Westmorland Heritage" limited edition 1000, numbered and autographed "139" in green ink, published 1975.

Estimated: £350 - £400

Alfred Wainwright, two "Furness Sketchbooks" Volumes 1 and 2 and "Walks in Limestone Country".

Estimated: £30 - £50

Alfred Wainwright, "Westmorland Heritage, Popular Edition".

Sold for £20

Alfred Wainwright, four "Lakeland Sketchbooks" volumes 1, 2, 4 and 5.

Sold for £20

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A 19th century cast iron and brass fire basket, with arched back, open fire basket and brass terminals. Width 38 ins.

Sold for £520

A Dieppe carved ivory mirror frame, bearing the legend "Montioye St. Denys" (St. Denis is My Hope) with coat of arms above, the remainder of the mirror frame with applied leaves and emblems. Width 23.5 ins, height 33.5 ins (see illustration).

Estimated: £5000 - £8000

A 19th century Chinese barrel, with interior shelf, inverted tapering. Height 33 ins.

Estimated: £100 - £150

An African carved hardwood female figurine, holding aloft a basket. Height 36 ins.

Estimated: £100 - £150

A World War II cockpit clock, from a Messerschmitt ME109.

Sold for £150

A collection of seven early 20th century French erotic postcards, by Raphael Kirchner.

Sold for £48

A set of three ormolu two branch wall light fittings, in the Rococo style. Height 15 ins, width 16 ins.

Estimated: £80 - £120

A German World War I Other Ranks cap, named to The Third Squadron of The 44th Ulan Regiment, dark blue with red band and piping.

Estimated: £150 - £200

A German 1930's Luftwaffe Award plaque, of a pilot bust wearing flight cap and goggles. Marksmanship Award Flight School & date awarded described in German verso. "UFF 2-VEREINGUNG = FL SCH Braunshweig An 12.132.37".

Sold for £90

A German World War II Luftwaffe belt, with two piece construction buckle.

Estimated: £80 - £120

A German cast bronze plaque, bust of a German soldier wearing a World War I combat helmet.

Estimated: £100 - £150

A German World War II Trench Art mounted compass, with U-boat badge motif.

Sold for £130

A 17th century English dagger, with faceted iron pommel and rectangular guard.

Sold for £80

An Austrian cold painted bronze, a saddled horse.

Estimated: £100 - £150

A Hornby train goods set, No. 20, boxed.

Sold for £50

A Hornby train M1 goods set, LMS, boxed.

Sold for £50

A 19th century Chinese jade pot pourri holder with cover, with dog terminal, pierced two stage lid and carved base. Width 7 ins, height 8.75 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1300

An Arts & Crafts oak and copper fire screen, the planished panel decorated with a stork and bulrushes and house in an oak frame. Width 19.5 ins.

Sold for £140

Two swords, one Westmorland & Cumberland Yeomanry circa 1920, the other Cavalry sabre with basket handle, each with scabbard.

Sold for £420

A Zulu hide shield and two fish spears.

Sold for £170

A Crewelwork panel, late 17th/early 18th century and later, worked with flowering trees in blue and pink wools, some repairs. 118 ins x 60 ins. PROVENANCE - purchased Christie's, The Mill House, Sonning, Berkshire sale June 1994 lot 459, previously Groom Bridge Place, Kent (see illustration).

Sold for £600

An Eastern fringed rug, the centre rectangular panel with repeating cell design and with multiple line border, principal colours iron red, blue and beige. 125 cm x 270 cm.

Sold for £320

An Eastern fringed carpet, with centre rectangular panel and repeating line border, principal colours, red, beige, brown and black. 320 cm x 215 cm.

Sold for £50

A needlework panel, "S.S.Titanic Sinking After Striking an Iceberg in The North Atlantic on April 14th 1912", woolwork on silk. 17 ins x 22 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £320

A Victorian sampler, Margaret Russel 1848. 19 ins x 17.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £110

A woollen fringed carpet, the centre rectangular panel decorated with a repeating floral pattern and flanked by a multiple line border. 102 ins x 128 ins including fringed ends.

Sold for £170

An Eastern fringed rug, with multiple line border and centre rectangular panel with corner spandrels decorated in a variety of colours. Length approximately 82 ins, width 52.5 ins.

Sold for £80

No lot.

A John Speed map, "The Countie, Westmorland and Kendale the Chief Towne", described with The Armes of Such Nobles as Have Bene Earls of Either of Them, hand coloured, double sided, performed John Speed and Are To Be Sold by George Humble in Popehead Alley Against the Exchange. 15.25 ins x 20 ins, framed (see illustration).

Sold for £220

An antiquarian map, Carmarthenshire, by Thomas Kitchin Geographer, hand-coloured. 14 ins x 21 ins.

Sold for £50

John Rogers, an oil painting on canvas, young girl "Perdita". 16 ins x 12.5 ins, in ornate gilt frame (see illustration).

Sold for £280

P.A. Huret, a watercolour, "Venice from on High". 13.5 ins x 10 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £45

A collection of six 19th century military paintings, five watercolours, one oil, each depicting French Troops. Various sizes from 6 ins x 9 ins (oil) to 14 ins x 27 ins (largest watercolour), one signed L. Dux or D. Lux (see illustration).

Sold for £880

G.C., a Victorian oil painting on canvas, still life of rose and other flowers in vase on table top. 36 ins x 24 ins, framed, signed and dated 1898 (see illustration).

Sold for £340

John R. Skeaping R.A. (1901-1980), a watercolour, "Canal Turn". 21 ins x 29 ins, signed and dated 1967 (see illustration). A.R.R.

Sold for £2700

A 17th century oil painting, portrait of The Reverend Doctor Richard Busby (1606-1695). 30 ins x 24 ins, framed. Doctor Richard Busby was an Anglican Priest who served as Headmaster of Westminster School for more than 55 years. He died age 89 in 1695. As a Headmaster Busby was as famous for administering corporal punishment as he was for his ability. Among the more illustrious of his pupils were Christopher Wren, Robert Hooke, Robert South, John Dryden, John Lock, Matthew Prior, Thomas Millington and Francis Atterbury (see illustration).

Sold for £1250

A 19th century oil painting on canvas, hens in farmyard. 10 ins x 13 ins.

Sold for £140

Mosley, an oil painting on canvas, busy port scene. 24 ins x 16 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £350

Basil L. Bradley, a watercolour, market scene. 13.5 ins x 19 ins, framed, singed and dated 1896.

Sold for £400

Soden, an oil painting, "A Whiff of Work". 8 ins x 5.5 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £220

Henry Sylvester Stannard (1844-1920), a pair of watercolours, thatched cottages, one with figures the other ducks. Each 9.5 ins x 13 ins, signed (see illustration).

Estimated: £700 - £1000

J.W. Hattersley, 19th century watercolour, "Landing the Catch". 12.5 ins x 19 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £420

John Taylor Allerston (Fl. 1900), oil on canvas, coastal scene with figures and sailing vessels. 11 ins x 14 ins, framed, signed and dated 1889 (see illustration).

Sold for £250

Langlois, a pair of oil paintings on canvas, Spaniel, Pheasant and two Terriers. 13 ins x 9.5 ins, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £380

Langlois, two oil paintings on canvas, Terrier in barn and two Terriers by rabbit hole. 9 ins x 12 ins, and 10 ins x 13.5 ins, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £300

An oil painting on panel, shipwreck. 8 ins x 14 ins, signed with initials (see illustration).

Sold for £150

Nelly Erischsen (Fl. 1882-1917), a pastel, farmer with scythe. 28 ins x 17.5 ins, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £1250

W.E. Turner (19th century British), a pair of oil paintings on canvas, cattle. 14 ins x 19 ins, framed.

Sold for £170

An oil painting on panel, oval, woman with bird and pipe. 21 ins x 17.5 ins.

Sold for £1700

W.E. Turner (19th century British), oil painting on board, cattle and sheep in landscape. 12 ins x 18 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £100

C. Morris, oil painting on canvas, cattle in landscape with barn. 11 ins x 19.5 ins.

Sold for £150

Stanley Hardy, oil painting on canvas, thatched cottage with figure and geese. 12 ins x 17.5 ins.

Estimated: £100 - £150

Nasmyth, oil painting on canvas, cattle and figure in woodland. 10 ins x 9 ins.

Sold for £480

An oil painting on canvas, foxhounds, 19th century. 8.5 ins x 12 ins, framed, signed with initials.

Sold for £220

An oil painting on canvas, Highland cattle in landscape. 11 ins x 15.5 ins, framed, indistinctly signed.

Sold for £180

A 19th century oil painting on canvas, cattle grazing. 7 ins x 10 ins, framed.

Sold for £85

Early 19th century Norwich School, an oil painting on panel, figures in woodland landscape with cottage. 6 ins x 8 ins, in ornate gilt frame.

Sold for £45

George Armfield (1808-1893), an oil painting on canvas, two spaniels and mallard. 7 ins x 9 ins, indistinctly signed and inscribed on the mount "G. Armfield 1869" (see illustration).

Estimated: £400 - £600

Fred Richard, a dry point engraving, "Bond Street". 9 ins x 10 ins, framed, signed in pencil.

Sold for £20

Jane Bayfield, a watercolour, still life of fruit. 6.5 ins x 9.5 ins, framed, signed with monogram and dated 1892.

Sold for £95

Edward Tucker Senior (Fl. 1830-1909), a watercolour, fishing vessels on lake with mountains beyond. 10.5 ins x 16.5 ins, in gilt frame, signed.

Estimated: £200 - £300

Late 18th/early 19th century Norwich School, an oil painting on canvas, cattle, goats and sheep in landscape with figures. 23 ins x 27.5 ins, framed (see illustration).

Sold for £600

Robert Westall (1929-1993), drawing for sculpture, circa 1953. 14 ins x 9.5 ins, with biographical notes verso.

Sold for £45

James Ward R.A. (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.

Sold for £70

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.

Estimated: £70 - £100

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 Abbott & Holder £975 and formerly exhibited at The Steer Exhibition, Temple Newsome 1944 (see illustration).

Sold for £320

John Wilson Carmichael (1799-1868), a pencil drawing, an Italian coastal scene. 3 ins x 4.75 ins, signed with initials.

Sold for £30

Style of George Romney, an oil painting on canvas, portrait of a young boy with dog. 38 ins x 31 ins, framed, relined (see illustration).

Estimated: £500 - £800

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "St. John's in The Vale". 12 ins x 17 ins, framed, signed and dated 1921 (see illustration).

Sold for £1050

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, "Windermere from The Low Wood Bay, When The Day is Near a Close". 9 ins x 14.5 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £680

Richard Hamilton (1922-2011), an exhibit from the Exhibition "Man, Machine, Motion" 1955, a Formica panel spacemen. 16.75 ins x 46.5 ins. A.R.R. (see illustration).

Sold for £3100

Richard Hamilton (1922-2011), an exhibit from The Exhibition "Man, Machine, Motion" 1955, Formica panel with catamaran, bubble car and wheel. 46.5 ins x 61.75 ins. A.R.R. (see illustration).

Sold for £5200

Richard Hamilton (1922-2011), an exhibit from The Exhibition "Man, Machine, Motion" 1955, Formica panel with comic book spaceman. 25 ins x 47 ins. A.R.R. (see illustration).

Sold for £4200

Richard Hamilton (1922-2011), an exhibit from The Exhibition "Man, Machine, Motion" 1955, formica panel with deep sea diving suits to one side and diver with harpoon gun and submersible verso. 47 ins x 14.75 ins. A.R.R. (see illustration).

Sold for £6200

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, Bassenthwaite with bluebells in the foreground. 6 ins x 11.75 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £720

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour, heather and Scots pine in landscape. 7 ins x 10 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £650

Thorleif Jergil (B. 1909- ), an oil painting on canvas, young lady with basket of fruit. 36 ins x 24 ins, framed, signed.

Estimated: £400 - £600

E.M.D. Collingwood, a watercolour, daisies. 14 ins x 18 ins, signed and dated 1920.

Sold for £220

A collection of ten 19th century coloured engravings, principally local scenes, Whitehaven, Egremont, Lowther Castle, Ullswater, etc.

Sold for £65