fine art

A collection of six pairs and one odd brass candlesticks, Victorian, all with push rod ejectors. Three height 14 ins, one pair marked "The King of Diamonds" height 12 ins, one pair marked "The Queen of Diamonds" height 11.5 ins, another, one stamped "The Diamond Princess" the other English height 10.5 ins and two further unmarked pairs heights 9 ins and 7 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £200

A Victorian brass rail, with mounts. Length 67.5 ins.

Sold for £28

A 19th century brass chestnut roaster, together with a brass scoop, pan, clockwork spit turner, small pair of brass candlesticks and small brass pan with iron handle.

Sold for £65

A collection of 19th century copperware, comprising two kettles, lidded jug and six German helmet shaped small vessels each with handle.

Sold for £50

A Victorian embossed brass coal helmet, with hinged flap to either side of the loop handle and complete with brass and wooden shovel (see illustration).

Sold for £90

A Victorian copper log bin, cylindrical, with lion mask carrying handle to either side and raised on three paw feet. Diameter 19 ins.

Sold for £170

Boris Grigoriev, one volume, "Faces of Russia", limited edition 4/500, London 1924.

Estimated: £1000 - £1500

A collection of 91 postcards, local scenes, principally Egremont but also Aspatria, Silloth, Allonby , St. Bees, Caldbeck, etc.

Sold for £200

A pair of Carl Zeiss German trench binoculars, with wooden handle, green painted, cased. Length excluding handle 10 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £780

A large ships wheel, brass bound. Diameter 54 ins.

Sold for £170

A late Victorian hand carved hull of a pond yacht. Length 49 ins.

Sold for £180

The London Stereoscopic Company "The Binocular Camera", cased.

Estimated: £30 - £50

Five volumes, "The Original Watercolour Paintings by John James Audubon of The Birds of America", American Heritage Crown, "Tunnicliffes Bird Life" by Noel Cusa, "Jacksons English Goldsmiths & Their Marks", "Brittens Old Clocks & Watches" (8th edition) and "Silver English, American, Foreign" by Wyler.

Sold for £150

A wooden box containing a quantity of posters, sales particulars, etc., including Cartmel Races, Victorian conveyances, etc.

Estimated: £50 - £80

A collection of 82 principally Edwardian postcards, sent by Miss Sewell to The Hotel Majestic in Barrow-in-Furness, various locations in The Lake District, lakes, Pheasant Hotel, Bassenthwaite, etc., etc.

Estimated: £100 - £150

A Victorian brass coal helmet, with integral shovel, complete with liner.

Estimated: £200 - £300

A pair of 19th century oval needlework panels, depicting vases of flowers in bright colours and each in oval giltwood and gesso frame, probably circa 1840. 11 ins x 14 ins.

Estimated: £80 - £120

A 19th century sampler, dated 1821, "Helen Miller", alphabet and verse. 16 ins x 12 ins.

Sold for £240

An early 19th century sampler, verse, house and building, "Martha Wallet 1829". 16 ins x 12 ins (see illustration).

Estimated: £200 - £300

Three Kelim cushions, half velvet.

Estimated: £30 - £50

A 19th century sampler, depicting a house, birds and trees. 16 ins x 12 ins, framed.

Sold for £85

A large Oriental rug, modern.

Sold for £200

A large 19th century turkey patterned fringed carpet. Size 176 ins x 150 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £300

A 19th century sampler, Mary Cronamond's Work, Belfast. 44 cm x 44 cm, in rosewood frame.

Sold for £110

* A late 16th century tapestry, "May", one from a series of twelve months hunting scenes. This we understand to be a late 16th century English copy of the original Brussels tapestry owned by Cardinal Wolsey or King Henry VIII at the time when hung at Hampton Court. The family did originally own all twelve and this is the last remaining. It was repaired in the late 1990s. 113 ins (2.85 meters) x 135 ins (3.44 meters) (see illustration).

Sold for £2900

Stanley Penn (Fl. 1850-1900), oil painting on canvas, lake and mountain scene with figures, boats and buildings. 20 ins x 29 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Estimated: £400 - £600

Stanley Penn (Fl. 1850-1900), oil painting on canvas, lake and mountain scene. 20 ins x 29 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Estimated: £400 - £600

Olive Rhys (Fl. 1876-1893), oil painting on canvas, girl on bench with Rose. 36 ins x 24 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £680

Charles A. Bool, pair of watercolours, circular, "Derwentwater" and "Ullswater". Each 16 ins diameter, framed, glazed.

Sold for £300

Pelham Dixon, pair of watercolours, lake and mountain scenes. 8 ins x 13 ins, signed and dated 1896.

Sold for £48

19th century English School, oil painting, portrait of a lady. 19 ins x 15 ins, framed.

Estimated: £100 - £150

Tom Wood, gouache, "Red Dwarf". 8.5 ins x 7.25 ins, framed, signed and dated 92.

Sold for £45

Philomena Davies, pastel, "Glenshee". 8.5 ins x 11.5 ins, framed, signed and dated 98.

Sold for £20

Tom Dack, watercolour, "Fishing Vessel". 1.5 ins x 13 ins.

Sold for £200

Tom Dack, watercolour, "Fishing Vessels RX37 and RX73". 12 ins x 17 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £170

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

Sold for £300

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

Estimated: £150 - £200

Jan Herkc, oil painting on canvas, still life. 24 ins x 20 ins, framed, signed.

Estimated: £120 - £180

After Richard Ramsay Reinagle, engraving, "The Spaniel". 12.5 ins x 15 ins, framed.

Estimated: £100 - £150

W.C. Bennett, watercolour, figures and cattle in wooded landscape. 14 ins x 18 ins, framed, glazed.

Estimated: £400 - £600

George Law Beetholme, oil painting on canvas, Highland waterfall. 20 ins x 16 ins, framed.

Sold for £200

A 19th century engraving, with painted side panels, stately home. 15 ins x 29 ins, framed.

Sold for £480

J. Bramley, oil painting on canvas, 19th century interior scene. 13 ins x 17 ins, framed, signed.

Estimated: £300 - £500

A 19th century oil painting on canvas, Eastern figures in interior. 10 ins x 12 ins.

Sold for £300

A 19th century oil painting on canvas, figures in courtyard. 8 ins x 10 ins.

Sold for £300

H.B. Freer, watercolour, yachting scene. 9 ins x 13 ins, framed, signed and dated 1902 (see illustration).

Sold for £620

Oil painting on panel, after Constable, harvesting scene. 12 ins x 14 ins, framed.

Estimated: £250 - £350

F. Ellis, watercolour, young boy with dog. 10 ins x 6.75 ins.

Estimated: £120 - £180

John W. Hepple, watercolour, possibly Durham. 6.5 ins x 9.5 ins, framed, signed and dated 1916.

Estimated: £200 - £300

A 19th century oil painting on canvas, sailing vessel, bridge and jetty. 24 ins x 15.5 ins, framed, indistinctly signed (see illustration).

Sold for £950

A pair of prints, "The Sea has its Pearls" and "Flowers of The Fields", each circular and in giltwood Florentine frame. Diameter 19 ins m (see illustration).

Sold for £350

An Edwardian Florentine giltwood frame, circular. Diameter 21 ins.

Estimated: £200 - £300

A Victorian oil painting, portrait of a gentleman, oval, in gilt frame. 26 ins x 22 ins.

Sold for £350

Len Roope, watercolour, "Vale of Lorton". 9.5 ins x 13 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £420

Donald A. Paton (Edward Horace Thompson 1879-1949), watercolour, lake and mountain scene. 9.5 ins x 13.5 ins, framed, signed and dated 1924 (see illustration).

Estimated: £200 - £300

Sheila Fell (1931-1979), three nude studies, charcoal, chalk, pen and ink. Each approximately 18 ins x 7 ins, one dated 1949, framed. ARR

Sold for £500

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), large watercolour, "Ashness Bridge". 16.25 ins x 23.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £880

18th century English School, watercolour, "St. Bees, November 16th 1787". 6 ins x 7.5 ins, framed.

Estimated: £200 - £300

William Mitchell of Maryport, oil painting, "Maryport Harbour". 9 ins x 13 ins, framed (see illustration).

Sold for £800

A Chinoiserie lacquered and painted panel, figures, birds and building. 12.5 ins x 19 ins.

Estimated: £50 - £80

Oil painting on board of a steam trawler. 11 ins x 17 ins, framed.

Sold for £70

A late 19th/early 20th century oil painting, still life, oval, in Regency style ebonised gilt frame. Frame dimensions 12 ins x 10 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £50

Len Roope, watercolour, "Bowness Knott, Ennerdale". 9.75 ins x 13.5 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £350

William Joy (1803-1867), sepia wash drawing, coastal scene with shipping and figures. 7 ins x 10 ins, framed and with receipt for £1225 dated October 1993 and other correspondence from J. Morton Leigh, Fine Watercolours, Hayling Island, Hampshire (see illustration).

Estimated: £200 - £300

Everhardus Koster (1817-1892) Dutch School, a pencil and watercolour wash drawing, river scene with buildings. 7 ins x 11 ins, framed, signed, with receipt dated 1993 for £600 (see illustration).

Estimated: £100 - £150

A John Speede map of Cumberland, First Edition dated 1610. 15.25 ins x 20 ins, in double sided frame (see illustration).

Sold for £360

A John Speede map of Westmorland, 1627. 15.25 ins x 20 ins, in double sided frame (see illustration).

Sold for £220

A Blaell map of Westmorland, circa 1645. 15.25 ins x 20 ins, in double sided frame (see illustration).

Sold for £160

P.L. Hobbs, watercolour, "Pack Mule Study". 5.5 ins x 7.5 ins, framed, signed and dated 96.

Sold for £150

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, "Ullswater from Silver Bay with St. Sunday Crag". 7 ins x 10 ins, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £380

Walter Goodall (1830-1884), watercolour, country genre scene. 14.5 ins x 19 ins, framed, signed and dated 1856 (see illustration).

Sold for £320

Edward Horace Thompson (1849-1979), watercolour, "Buttermere with Honister Crags and The Haystacks". 7 ins x 9.5 ins, framed, signed and dated 1930 (see illustration).

Sold for £380

Edward Horace Thompson (1849-1979), watercolour, "Derwentwater and The Borrowdale Fells". 7 ins x 9.5 ins, framed, signed and dated 1930 (see illustration).

Sold for £260

Alfred Wainwright, a pen and ink drawing, "Lindal Church". 7.25 ins x 7.5 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £680

Len Roope, watercolour, "Industrial Workington". 8 ins x 11.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £240

Len Roope, watercolour, "Approaching Storm, Whitehaven". 9.5 ins x 13 ins, framed, signed and dated 1974 (see illustration).

Sold for £580

Len Roope, watercolour, "Fishing Quay at Whitehaven". 9.5 ins x 14 ins, framed, signed and dated 1974 (see illustration).

Sold for £420

Len Roope, watercolour, "Cockermouth". 9.5 ins x 13 ins, framed, signed and dated 1974 (see illustration).

Sold for £320

Len Roope, watercolour, "Lincoln". 3.5 ins x 5 ins, framed, signed and dated 1974.

Sold for £90

Two artists proof engravings, "Welsh Border" by Alfred G. Burr and "A Rest at Noon". Each approximately 9 ins x 12 ins, both signed.

Sold for £45

Ernest E. Clarke, watercolour, "Coniston Hills from Near Windermere". 12.5 ins x 17 ins, framed, signed and dated 1965 verso.

Sold for £35

Charles Wyatt Warren, oil painting, "Moel Hebog". 7.5 ins x 13 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £260

Charles Wyatt Warren, oil painting on board, cottage in rural landscape. 9.5 ins x 21 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £350

Simon Bull, oil painting, "Bright Gleams of Evening Light, Derwentwater". 18 ins x 18 ins, framed.

Sold for £260

Enid Foote-Watts, acrylic, "Strawberry Fields". 21 ins x 25 ins, framed, singed and dated 1997.

Sold for £180

Byron Eric Dawson (1896-1968), watercolour, "Wastwater, The English Lake District", circa 1930. 13 ins x 20 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £100

Four 19th century prints, "Sevres" and three others similar. Each 8 ins x 11.5 ins, framed.

Sold for £50

A George III "Bill of Fayre" for Bailey Epicures, 2-3 Duke Street, Dublin, dated 1808. 10 ins x 13.75 ins.

Sold for £45

Henry W. Bracken, watercolour, Lake District landscape. 10 ins x 13.5 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £120

After Thomas Faed, proof engraving, "Worn Out". Image size 18.5 ins x 25.5 ins, framed and glazed (see illustration).

Sold for £60

After Thomas Faed, signed artists proof, "Baith Maither & Faither". Image size 22 ins x 31 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £65

Jill M. Aldersley (1943-2007), watercolour, lake and mountain scene with trees". 12.5 ins x 9.25 ins. NOTE - Jill M. Aldersley was a member of The Lake Artists Society.

Estimated: £80 - £120

William Stirling Martin, woodcut, Lakeland cottages. 3.5 ins x 4.5 ins, framed. NOTE - Member of Lake Artists Society 1987-1993.

Sold for £20

A pair of Chinese paintings on silk, circa 1930, figural male and female each seated on a tiger skin mounted throne. 16 ins x 12 ins, framed.

Estimated: £70 - £100

A Victorian copy of an 18th century portrait, inscribed "A Soho Par Cotard 1773" and dated "1872", oval. 10.5 ins x 8 ins, framed (see illustration).

Sold for £220

Albert Rosser, watercolour, "Padarn Lake" including Dolbadarn Castle. 7 ins x 10 ins, framed, signed.

Sold for £40

Len Roope, watercolour, "Cumberland Countryside". 7.5 ins x 11.5 ins, framed, signed and dated 1978.

Sold for £180

Len Roope, watercolour, "Crummock Water Evening". 10.25 ins x 14 ins, framed, signed and dated 1979.

Sold for £350

Len Roope, watercolour, "Melbreak Morning". 9 ins x 13 ins, framed, signed and dated 1974 (see illustration).

Sold for £350

Len Roope, watercolour, "Vale of Lorton, Cumberland". 9 ins x 14.25 ins, framed, signed and dated 1975 (see illustration).

Sold for £300